This is an analysis of the poem A Way To Make A Living that begins with:

From an epigram by Plato
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXbcdefXfgeXhiX ejcbibhhaf jhjgXkkkl khkglXdla
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,10,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101110 111010100 11101 1011010 10111 11110 11011 1011 100110 100111 111110 1011 1100 1101111100 10110010 10111 11 1111100 11 01010 011 10010010 10111 110110101 1111111 0101110010 0101010 111 11100111100 0100011 101111011 0110 11101011 010010100 110000101011 101100100100 1011 001010001011 10100101100010 01110110100 110 0110111001 10111111001 111111101 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, their are repeated.

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