This is an analysis of the poem Banking Coal that begins with:

Whoever it was who brought the first wood and coal
To start the Fire, did his part well;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabcX XdadefXXeXbdccfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010011101111 010100011 1111010001 11010101011 0111010101 1111001001 11010101 110101100 1101111101 1100010101 1101011001 110101010 10101010111 1011101011 01000101010101 11111111 01010101111101 1010100110110 110101010111 11101111111 01010011001 010111111101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 516
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Banking Coal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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