This is an analysis of the poem Disinherited that begins with:
Thy father all from thee, by his last will,
Gave to the poor ; thou hast good title still.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011010 1001110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 2
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.
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- summary of Disinherited;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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