This is an analysis of the poem Greed that begins with:
When I watch folks of this world and see how widespread
It is for those, that pile up treasure and put on fat, to chafe...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc efeXbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111100111111 001111110111101 101111101110101 111010111110101011 110111110111011 10011001001110101 11011111110101 000111011110011101 11001110010110 11111011111 1111111011010110 10110111110111 1010110110101 110111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, of are repeated.
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