This is an analysis of the poem The Careless Good Fellow that begins with:

1 A pox of this fooling, and plotting of late,
2 What a pother, and stir has it kept in the state?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa bXccdd bbXdXX aaeeff XXgggg ddaaffXaaaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001011001 1101011101001 1101011001011 1101011111101 111001011011 1111011110110 111001111011 1111101011011 1111011011001 1110110101111 101101001101 1111111011101 111101011001 1101110101001 1101101011010 1111011101111 111011111010 101011011011 111111011001 1011101001001 11001010110110 1101001011110 111001111110 111011111011 111111001001 1101011010110 1101011001001 1001001011011 100101001111 111011011101 1010011010001 111100111001 1111101111011 1001011011011 11101111111 1111010110011 111101101001 111101111101 1101101011001 1111101101111 1110010010110 1000010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their, i, or are repeated.

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

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