This is an analysis of the poem Upon Thebegger that begins with:
He wants, he asks, he pleads his poverty,
They within doors do him an alms deny. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddeeaa X aaXdaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110100 1011111101 1101110101 1101111101 1111101011 1111111101 1101110101 1111110101 1111011110 1101010101 1111011111 1111101101 0100 0101010011 0111010111 1111110110 1101110001 1101110111 1101010000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, him, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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