This is an analysis of the poem On Profiteering that begins with:
Although I hate
A profiteer ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcabac adaaedea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 0101 0100 110 1101 0111 1111 110 1101 1101 1111 010 1101 1101 0111 110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of On Profiteering;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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