This is an analysis of the poem Receiving Of A Recompense that begins with:

There is nothing like the smell,
One gets in the receiving of a recompense....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdee aebedcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1010101 110001000101 110101010 10100101 01011001 100100000101010 11110110110 1101101 00111010 001010 1110001 0101010010 011010001011 00101101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Receiving Of A Recompense;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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