This is an analysis of the poem The Pauper's Funeral that begins with:
What! and not one to heave the pious sigh!
Not one whose sorrow-swoln and aching eye... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccddeeXeffggbbhhXcccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010101 1111011101 1101111001 1101110101 1101110111 1101010100 1101111111 0011000101 11011011001 11001110101 1101011111 1101110001 1011001110 0110011101 1101001111 1111110011 1111110101 0111000101 1101010011 1101111101 1001010001 0100011100 1111010101 11111110001 1111110001 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy are repeated.
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- summary of The Pauper's Funeral;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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