This is an analysis of the poem Robin And Harry that begins with:

Robin to beggars with a curse,
Throws the last shilling in his purse;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXebbaaffffeeddgghaXhaaiijjkkhXeejjXiXcXbllmmaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001 10110001 11010111 01110101 110101110 100101110 11110001 01011101 10010101 11011001 110100101 01111101 11001101 11110101 101110110 011101110 011111010 110111110 10010101 11110111 010101010 110101010 1001010001 0101000100 11010101 11010101 110111010 110101010 10110111 01010111 01010101 01011101 111100110 010101010 11010101 01110101 11011101 11001001 11011101 11010101 010111010 1100000010 010101100 11010101 110101010 110111110 10010100 01011101 10010101 01011101 11010101 01000111 01010111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1922
  • Average number of words per stanza: 361
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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