This is an analysis of the poem Budget Sluts that begins with:

Budget sluts rushing,
From one economic cut......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaXbXaXdb XdXcXXbXXc XdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 0110101 00100110101 0100010 0010100111 111011101 0010010100001 001010110 001001010 1010111110 101010101 101 011101011 110100011100 1001 1001 01010101 10100011101 101001001000 111010111100 01001111110010 101 11100101110001 11001001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; to, of, their are repeated.

    The author used the same word budget at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Budget Sluts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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