This is an analysis of the poem Poor Honest Men that begins with:

Your jar of Virginny
Will cost you a guinea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcb ddbeXb ccbffb Xggeeb XXghhbiigeeb eegXab bbbXXb jjbjjb eeijXbXiigeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,12,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 011010 111011111011 111100 110010 111101001101 00100101 111101 11101111011 111010 111111 111101011101 101110 110010 11001111111 1110010 110110 101001001101 1000010 110110 01101111001 11001 11101 11001011101 0100010 011111 11011011101 111111 011001 11101001101 01111 111001 110111101001 011110 110110 111101011101 1010110 110010 11111111011 010010 010110 11011011101 1111110 101010 11011001001 110010 010111 11101011101 1010110 111110 111101111011 1011110 111010 01100011101 1011110 010010 11111011110 010110 010010 111111011101 001101 011001 11101001001 101111 101001 111010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • 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.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines from is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word men at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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