This is an analysis of the poem Money that begins with:
HE'D made a fortune out of stocks, he couldn't count his worth;
He 'd hoarded up a store of gold, a section of the earth; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX cXdd eeXX ccff ffbb ccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101110101 111010101010001 11110111010101 11000101111100 01010111110101 10110101110101 11010111011101 01110001010101 11110101010101 11110101110101 01010101110101 01010101110100 11111111010001 110101010011101 11110101111001 110101011101001 11010001111101 01010101011101 11010001110011 11101111011100 11010101011101 11010101110101 10110101011101 11010011110110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he, cannot, ', you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, 'you, go are repeated.
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- summary of Money;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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