This is an analysis of the poem Running To Paradise that begins with:

As I came over Windy Gap
They threw a halfpenny into my cap.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBcccD eeBfffD ffBgggD hhBiiiD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1101000011 111100101 111111001 1110101001 011010101 1101011010 11010011 01001101 111100101 0111111 111101101 010110101 1101011010 11110011 111100101 111100101 110010111 11011111 10110111 1101011010 01011111 111100111 111100101 110111101 01110101 11111111 1101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Running To Paradise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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