This is an analysis of the poem Two Rich Men that begins with:

When I hear the praises of the rich man Rothschild, who out of his immense
revenues devotes whole thousands to the education of children, the care...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa XXa XX XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010001111110001 10101110001010010010 01001001101111 110110101111011010100 11010011110100110101 1 11110101011100110 1100101110110101 11101110010010 11001101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i are repeated.

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