This is an analysis of the poem Ah Poverties, Wincings Sulky Retreats that begins with:
AH poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats!
Ah you foes that in conflict have overcome me!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXabXXbcXXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11001011001 111101011011 1101111011101001 0100101 110101100101101 110010110110100 1 1101011100001100 110111101101000 10 11010101101011010 1111100101111101 1 01111100001110111 011110100010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 786
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ah, you, it are repeated.
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