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

I walk the streets and though not meanly drest,
Yet none so poor as can with me compare;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcadadbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111101 1111110101 1111011001 1111011101 1111110101 1111110101 1101011101 1101011111 1101010101 0111110101 1111110101 110110101 1101101101 1111011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; none, though, i, that are repeated.

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