This is an analysis of the poem St. Alexis, Patron Of Beggars that begins with:

We who beg for bread as we daily tread
Country lane and city street,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBBADA eafaagag hifiaXbd hhdXhdedXABCBBADA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101 1011101 1111110111 00100101 1101001011 11100101 111111001 010001 111010101 1010101 1110110101 1010101 1110110101 1010101 10101111111 1111101 1001111101 0010101 1110110110 11110101 10101101111 101101010 1010100111 1111101 111111010101 10100100 10101110101 10110110 1110110111 1011101 0010111101 1011111 1111111101 1011101 1111110111 00100101 1101001011 11100101 111111001 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, he, had are repeated.

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