This is an analysis of the poem The Music-Grinders that begins with:

There are three ways in which men take
One’s money from his purse,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaca defege egfggg hebeXe ciaigi ghjhXh ikaklk daaaja gXgklk bieiei emjmim hhbhXh hgXgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 110001 11010001 100101 11001101 010101 11011101 110111 01010101 111101 01011101 010011 01011101 010101 01010111 110001 11111101 111101 01110101 1100101 11010101 110101 11000101 110111 11100101 010001 11010100 110011 11110101 010001 11011101 010101 11011101 010001 10010111 010101 11010101 010101 101010101 110101 11010100 011101 11111100 010101 11010111 010001 11011111 111101 11110101 010101 01010100 110101 01010100 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 010101 0101100 010101 11010111 010011 11010001 111001 11010111 110001 10110101 111101 11010100 010101 11110011 110101 10110101 110111 10110101 011101 11010011 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, you, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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