This is an analysis of the poem A Little Scraping that begins with:
True, the time, to one who does not love farce,
And if misery must be prefers it nobler, shows apparent vices;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcdebcfcXgfXgXbXdeafgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111111 101001001010101010 11001011010 11111001111001010 1111001001 010100010101111 00101001010 01101010100001001 10101011010 0101001001011010 10100111110 1010110101101 101011001110 0010011101000101 11111011 01011110010011010 111110101 110010101010101 11111011 101001111001001 11111011 101110010010010 111101010011 11010111001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1279
- Average number of words per stanza: 236
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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 A Little Scraping;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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