This is an analysis of the poem In Dispraise Of Poetry that begins with:

When the King of Siam disliked a courtier,
he gave him a beautiful white elephant. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010100 11101001100 01001011100 10111100110 10111010011 0010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In Dispraise Of Poetry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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