This is an analysis of the poem Rich And Poor that begins with:

’Neath the radiance faint of the starlit sky
The gleaming snow-drifts lay wide and high;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbee ffbbaa eXffgg bbddhh eeaaee ggddhh ffgggg iiggbb ffffbb ccjjgg ffkkjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10100100101 010111111 111110101 010100101 101011101 1100101111 010010101 01010111 110111001 010110101 110101111 011110111 110101001 010101101 001011101 1000111101 101010101 11101101001 111111101 111011111 1101101101 111101001 110111011 100101001 111101001 101110101 111011011 1100110101 1100101111 1010110101 110111101 110010111 111011101 101100101 110010101 111010111 100101101 111010111 1010100101 010110101 0100110111 010011111 111101101 110100101 1101001011 0100100101 10100110101 10010111 110110111 110101111 110101101 1101111011 111111101 0110111111 100110101 011101101 0101101111 1011101101 1110111101 110101011 100101001 111110011 110010111 01101110101 010111111 10101001111 111101111 110010101 110101111 1111011001 111101101 00101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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