This is an analysis of the poem An Exchange Of Values Have Come To Upset that begins with:

Obtaining gold and diamonds,
Is still prioritized......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCD XbXXXX eABCCDaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110 010101 01111101 10101011001 010101110 1011001110 100101111 1100111 00100011000100 10110101001100101 10010010110 101 0101110 010101 01111101 10101011001 010101110 11011 10101010 100010010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of An Exchange Of Values Have Come To Upset;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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