This is an analysis of the poem No Loose Change To Pinch Or Lend that begins with:

Some people come from a run of funds.
To know no end of them to come....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCC AaCC DDA DDA ABCCC DDAXDb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,3,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 01110001 11110101 1011101 10110111 110100101 0111001 11110101 1011101 1110111 1100101 11001111 1110111 1100101 11001111 110100101 01110001 11110101 1011101 10110111 1110111 1100101 11001111 1110111 1101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    The author used the same words some, no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word friends at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of No Loose Change To Pinch Or Lend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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