This is an analysis of the poem An Unanswerable Apology For The Rich. that begins with:

All--bounteous Heav'n, Castalio cries,
With bended Knees, and lifted Eyes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddeeaaffccggeebbaaeeXeeeccXgeegXffXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,39,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 01011101 11110101 11110001 11110111 11110101 000101010 011111010 11011111 11011101 010111110 110101110 11111111 11111101 11110101 11010001 00100101 01110101 01010101 11011101 01110101 10010011 01010101 11010101 01100011 11110101 11100010 11111001 11010101 11011101 01110101 010100101 11010110 10010011 010010001 11010101 11011110 11110011 111000101 11111001 11111101 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 495
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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.

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  • summary of An Unanswerable Apology For The Rich.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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