This is an analysis of the poem The Magic Purse that begins with:

WHAT is the gold of mortal-kind
To that men find... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcbcdddefefggffffhheeaeaeaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 0111 100101 1101 0101 110101 1111 010010 100101010 0100010 01101 101110101 01010101 1001011101 0101 1001 11100001 100100101 1111010101 100101 110101010 10111010 10010100 01110101 11101111 1101 01110101 0101 1101 11110101 0010011111 100100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 936
  • Average number of words per stanza: 174
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Magic Purse;
  • central theme;
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