This is an analysis of the poem The Worldling that begins with:

My barns are full, my stores increase,
And now, for many years,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb acac adad cece fgfg bgbgXbgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 111100 11111111 010111 11010101 110101 11010101 0101001 01111111 000101 11110101 111111 11010101 110001 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 11111101 110101 10110101 111101 110100101 111101 11011101 110001 11110101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Worldling;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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