This is an analysis of the poem Limited Liability that begins with:

Some seven men form an Association
(If possible, all Peers and Baronets),... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcXddeffe ghghbbbXaaXddi jijiXXabfckfXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 0100111100 11100101010 0101110111 11110001110 1011010101 010101000110 0011010100 1110101 0010101 001001101010 1010101 1011101 101011101010 11010101110 1001001100 01010100110 1111110101 11011101010 0101111101 01011101010 1011111100 1010101 1110101 111000100010 111111 001011 01011100010 011011100110 1101011101 01000101010 11101000100 11011101100 0111010101 11010101010 1101010011 1011110 0110100 101001101010 1010101 100111010 111010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to, it's, you are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Limited Liability;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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