This is an analysis of the poem A Peck of Gold that begins with:

Dust always blowing about the town,
Except when sea-fog laid it down,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBb ccbb ddBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100101 01111101 111100101 10010111 1010111 011100111 111100101 10011101 11100101 11011111 111100101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Peck of Gold;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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