This is an analysis of the poem Belated Conscience that begins with:

To buy for school a copy-book
I asked my Dad for two-pence;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedeXfXf gfgfchch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 1111111 11000101 1111111 11111101 1101010 11010101 1101010 11010101 1101010 00010011 1101010 11011101 0101010 01010100 1111010 11011101 1101110 11010101 0111010 101101010 0011010 1100110010 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; his, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Belated Conscience;
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