This is an analysis of the poem To A Wealthy Man Who Promised A Second Subscription To The Dublin Municipal Gallery If It Were Proved The People Wanted Pictures that begins with:

YOU gave, but will not give again
Until enough of paudeen's pence... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXacacdbdbededfXfXaXaXgbgbbcbcdhdhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 01010101 11010011 001101000 01111101 11000101 110111001 01010101 11101011 01000101 111010110 11010101 10010100 11000111 11010100 11110111 01100101 11110011 11110100 11111100 010010101 110101111 01000101 10110110 110010011 01011101 010101001 11010101 11011111 11110101 11011111 11001111 10010110 11111101 01111111 101111101 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 227
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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