This is an analysis of The Beggar's Soliloquy by George Meredith.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbdbd X eeeefgfg X hbhbhihi X jajahghg a dgdgkdkd a dldllhlh X dkdkjjjj X hdhdmama X aXaXkbkb j hahanjnj a ohohXgjg X XjhXgbgb X lmlmkgkg X fpfpaeaX
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Metre: 1 1001100101 0110110101 11100101111 101101101001 0100100101 1011010101 101101101001 110110101 1 1110101111 0110100111 1111111011 1101111011 01101101001 1100100101 1111101001 100101111 1 01111011001 1101111101 0111101011 01110101 01111111 00101111101 11111111011 0100101101 1 1110101111 1010100101 1010001001001 1110111101 101011101101 10111011001 11111111101 0100101101 1 110011010110 11001011001 011010100010 11111011011 11001001111 0010101111 11111111 10101101001 1 1110101111 110111001001 0110100111 01100111111 1101111111 0010011101 101101101101 01111111 1 01011001001 101010001 111011011001 11111001001 111011110011 1111011001 11111001001 111111101001 1 10100001001 11001011111 010100111 1010011101 110110111 01101101001 11101001001 1100101111 1 1101111101 1101100101 11111011011 11111101100 10100100011 11111101101 11011101101 11001101011 1 11111011011 11101001011 101011101101 1110110111 01011011011 110111111 11001111001 11110110101 1 11011001001 1101101110 1101101111 101110111 0101111110 111111111 01001011101 1100111111 1 11111111 1010010101 1110101111 110110111 11011101011 1100100111 11100101111 111100101 1 111001111 1101011011 11011110001 111111111101 000100111 1101000101 01100101101 1100110111 1 0101011001 101110101 10100101101 11101101101 1101100101 1110100101 0100111001 111011001010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 28
- Lines: 126
Repeated words/phrases
and, you, his, your, i, you're
Anaphora
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