This is an analysis of the poem Beneficial Assets that begins with:

Beneficial assets,
Someone has to others to give......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcc AaXb dcXde aecc CCEEE CCEE CCEEEXCCcCCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,5,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 11101001 1001001 111010001 101011 100010111 110110111 1111001010 010101 010101001 0011011110 11101 0101 11101011 11010111 11 01100 101011111 0111101 011001 011101 01110101 101011111 0111101 011001 011101 101011111 0111101 011001 011101 01110101 101011111 11 0111101000 101011111 11 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word beneficial at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Beneficial Assets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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