This is an analysis of the poem Business that begins with:
Two villains of the highest rank
Set out one night to rob a bank.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccddeeXXffeXggaabb hhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11000101 11110101 110101010 11010111 11000101 11000101 010101110 010100010 11011111 01010001 10111100 01010111 11110111 11010111 11010101 010101110 110101001 00011111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11111101 01010001 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Business;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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