This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Affluence Or I Wouldn'T Leave My 8­roomed House For You that begins with:

I wouldn't leave my little 8­roomed house for you
I've got one missus and I don't want two...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bba ccba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010111 1111011111 11110111101 1101111011 1110111010111 1011110110 11010101010010 1 110111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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