This is an analysis of the poem Self-Rewarding Pat On The Backs that begins with:
A fading influence,
Is protected from ruin....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDeffGA ABCDeffGA dXa XXdc fcBACF effGA BACF effGA CDAB effGA ffgAXAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,3,4,6,5,4,5,4,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100 0010010 100101 110101 0 010 010 1010 1101 010100 0010010 100101 110101 0 010 010 1010 1101 1101 1 11 1001 001001 101010 1111101 1111 11101 10101010 001 111010111 11100111 0 010 010 1010 1101 10101010 001 111010111 11100111 0 010 010 1010 1101 100101 110101 010100 0010010 0 010 010 1010 1101 010 010 1011 1101 1101 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Self-Rewarding Pat On The Backs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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