This is an analysis of the poem The Joy Of Being Poor that begins with:
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Let others sing of gold and gear, the joy of being rich;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccccddcceeaacc X ffXaffggggffcc X ddcchhcchhbbffii aaffjjcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,14,1,16,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 11010111010101 11011111010001 110011101110011 11110101110101 11111100110111 11000101111101 11110101110101 11010111110101 11110101010001 11010101111001 11110101111111 01000111110111 11110111111111 11111111010101 11010101111001 11100101011111 1 11011101110101 11001100110011 1101001111011100 01010101011101 01010111010101 111111001110111 11011101110111 11010101111101 10110101101101 11110100110111 11110111110111 011101010110111 11010101111101 11100101011101 1 01111101010101 11010100011111 110101111101001 11011100000101 01010111110011 01000101011111 11011101110101 11011111100001 11111111111101 11010111111100 11110111011111 11110101111101 10110100110101 11111101110101 11011101110111 11110011111111 111100111110101 11010111110101 11010101010101 01010101010001 111111011101010 111111011101010 11011101110101 11110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 462
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, my, though, we, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and are repeated.
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