This is an analysis of the poem Affluenza that begins with:
An affluenza suffered has gone.
Moan on....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABC dXc Ef ADABB cAABCEfd ADABB cADBBDBBXcAABCA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,2,5,8,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001011 11 111011 0111001 101 10 0101110 1011 01110101 111001011 110001010101010 111001011 101010100110101 11101111101111 1 11001011 11 111011 0111001 1011 01110101 01110101010101 111001011 110001010101010 111001011 101010100110101 11101111101111 1 11001011 110001010101010 101010100110101 11101111101111 110001010101010 101010100110101 11101111101111 1 11001011 11 111011 0111001 11
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; has, to, that are repeated.
The author used the same word yes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines back is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word back at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Affluenza;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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