This is an analysis of the poem Monopoly that begins with:

Finally the day dawned when a monopoly owned everything in the
world...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdbXecXdbaXXXeXXcec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100011100100110100 1 10110101100101 1101110101110 11 11011010101111111 1100111 1011101101010010111 10010011010111011 10 10 001001 10101010010111100 1101010 1011101 1 1101101100010110101110 111 1010111000100010000 101110111101 1101101010001 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 859
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Monopoly;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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