This is an analysis of the poem Surtax that begins with:
When I was young and Scottish I
Allergic was to spending;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc ababdede fbfbgXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 0101010 11010101 1111010 11111101 100010 11111111 010010 11010111 1100110 11011101 11110 11000111 0101010 11110101 01010 11111101 01010 11110001 11010 101100001 11010 11000100 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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- summary of Surtax;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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