This is an analysis of the poem Back To Greed that begins with:
What's the problem?
Why is there a commotion in the streets? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabaacXd XbaeX X XX eadeaX X cbdXXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,1,2,6,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 1010010001 110101001 11001010101 0010010 111111 110110 1101 10001001 1 0101010 01 1 01110011 110 11011 1111111 11101110 1011 111101 1 1111 111111 1 11010010 1 11 10 110101011111 01010100 11001101 01110001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Back To Greed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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