This is an analysis of the poem For The Man Who Fails that begins with:

The world is a snob, and the man who wins
Is the chap for its money's worth:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefdfd XgXghaha fffffifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0100110111 00110101 101101101001 11100111 101101110101 0100101 1011100101 001011111 1010110101 10110101 1100101111 0110101 1110100101 1110111 11010101 1010101 1111101110 11110101 1111111101 1011101 1110100101 1101111 110010111 0010111 011010101 1101111 0010110101 00110101 111110101 1111101 101010111 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of For The Man Who Fails;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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