This is an analysis of the poem The Disagreeable Man that begins with:
If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am:
I'm a genuine philanthropist - all other kinds are sham.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdDE eXbbccdDE eeXXffdDE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011110101011111 001000100110111 1101010111001 011010101010001 01110100110101 11010101010101 11110101110011 110101010101001 11111 01000101010001 11001111110101 01000101110001 11000100010001 111010111110101 111000100011101 101000100110111 110101010101001 11111 01010100110110 11111100010101 111010101010101 111010101010101 01010100110111 111010101001111 111110111110111 110101010101001 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, i'm, i've are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i've is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word why at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Disagreeable Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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