This is an analysis of the poem Penny Pinched that begins with:

Visitations of subservience...
They adorn their Sunday best and await....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbXccXXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101000100 1011111101 01000001001 1111101 1100001 00100100101 1110010111 111 0011000110 1111101110 11111001101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of Penny Pinched;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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