This is an analysis of the poem The Man Who Couldn'T Save that begins with:

He spent what he made, or he gave it away,
Tried to save money, and would for a day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeccffgg ddhhaacX iiccaajj kkcceeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11111111001 1011011101 1001011101 101011101111 11011001110 111101001111 101111011111 11101111011 11111111101 01101011001 11101101011 11111001101 111111111111 01101101001 10101011011 111001011001 11111001101 111110011001 11101101011 1111111101 11011011111 11001101101 11001001101 11101111001 101001001001 11101101011 111001111101 11001011011 1001001011 111011011001 011011101011 111001101101 1101011101 11001111011 1111111001 01001101111 1011001001 10101001011 01101101001 101101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, too, much, to, they, his, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Man Who Couldn'T Save;
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