This is an analysis of the poem Beggars And Kings that begins with:

In the evening
all the hours that weren't used...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXbca decaXdbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010 10101101 1101 101011001001 0100 0101011 1100101 1100001 101 1101 1011001 1111101 10100100111 01001010100 10011 101 1010001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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