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

O man with a Position, prithee tell,
How is't you mould your sal'ried life so well;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcd eedc ffbb cXgg hhhh iicd jjXe jjee jXkk llcc jjcc ffeeXdchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110001011 1111110111 1001011101 01011110101 1001001101 0001010101 1111111100 101010100 1101010111 1101010101 1101010100 0101110111 1111110001 1101010101 1111110101 0110001101 01000010110 0101110100 1101010011 1101010111 1110110111 1101110101 0111110001 0101011101 1111110101 11010011001 0101010110 1001010100 1111011101 0100110111 1011110011 1101001110 1101110101 0101111101 1101011101 1101010101 1111001101 11010100100 1111111101 1101110101 0101010101 1101011101 1111010101 1101111111 1001001101 1001010111 0111111100 0100110111 1101110011 00100000100 0111111111 1111010101 1101110100 1101110111 0101111101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; my, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

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

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