This is an analysis of the poem Treasure that begins with:

Here is a tale for infants and old nurses:
There was a man who gathered rags; and peddled:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbacccccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011101110 11011101110 11010111010 10111101010 01010101010 01010101110 11110101010 010010011110 11110111010 111111001010 01011101010 01010111010 01110101110 1101010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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  • summary of Treasure;
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