This is an analysis of the poem The Sinking Fund Cried that begins with:

["Now what, we ask, is become of this Sinking Fund - these eight millions of surplus above expenditure, which were to reduce the interest of the... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabccb DdeXFE ffXeeX ddgaag hhaXXa iicddX DdeXFE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110010010111100100101001000101000010011001011010110001010010110001 111111 01011 00110111111 11110 111010 0100100101 1111 110001 1011010010010 01111 11001 111111001110 1111 11001 11001101100 110110 100110 11010111100 11101 0010101 110100101 011001 00101 110111101 1111 001001 110001110010 101110 1101 11010001010 01001 00111 001110100110 10101 00101 11111110100 1111 110101 10101010010010 011111 11001 111111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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  • summary of The Sinking Fund Cried;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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