This is an analysis of the poem Rich & Poor; Or Saint & Sinner that begins with:
The poor man's sins are glaring;
In the face of ghostly warning... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabba ccbbc cdbbd deffe Xgffg Xgbbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111110 00101010 101001 01011 101101110 0111110 00101110 10101 001001 111011010 0111010 1101010 01111 001011 1101010 0111010 10101011 01111 10101 101111011 0111010 101000100 01111 0110001 101110100 01100100 0010010100 101101 001001 1010010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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