This is an analysis of the poem Benjamin Franklin that begins with:
Franklin fathered bastards fourteen,
(So I read in the New Yorker);...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbXb cbcXdedX XeXeXfef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011 11100110 00101010 10110010 0010101 11101110 11111010 01010 1011101 1111011 0111101 1010111 1010111 1001101 1110101 11010 11001000 11111011 1110101 10000011 10001010 11111010 1011101 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Benjamin Franklin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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