This is an analysis of the poem There Is A Benefit Received that begins with:
When is 'enough' understood,
To be that which it is? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCCdc cadbXabXABCCCbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 001100 11111110 0010001 01110001 010101011011010 0101010001 110111011011 001001 010001010 0010111111 010 10001011010 01010101 1010101 001100 11111110 0010001 01110001 1110011101 10010001010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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; it is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of There Is A Benefit Received;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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