This is an analysis of the poem The Three Beggars that begins with:

i{"Though to my feathers in the wet,}
i{I have stood here from break of day.}... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXaXaccccaXaXaXadeXeXcacaccXXXeXeXcXceaeafdfdebebgcgcbcbXaeaeaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000110001 11110101 11110101 111010111 110111010 100001101 10011111010 1110101 01011101 11011101 101110111 11011011 111101011 110111100 010110101 111101010 11111101 010101101 1110101 101011011 10110011 11110101 101010111 10101110 10110101 0011111 01011101 11001100 100111101 11111101 01010111 0101011010 011010001 01010100 110101010 010101101 01011100 10010111 0010010100 11001101 11110101 1101111 01000101 11011111 01010011 11011101 11010001 11110111 11111011 11111111 11010111 10110101 11011101 1111111 01010101 100100111 1001111101 01110111 10011101101 110101110 10110101 11110101 100110001 11110101 11010101 01011111 11011101 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2469
  • Average number of words per stanza: 479
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, most, get, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, the, they are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Three Beggars;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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