This is an analysis of the poem Business, Religion And Politics that begins with:

Between business, religion...
And practiced politics, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdadeeeXedebddXcc XX eabXeX XXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,2,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010 110101 10111000 10100 1110001 001 0101100 11 0110011 001110 101010010 1101 0101010 1000010100 101101 11 00111100 1011001 000101 1101 1010010 1 1101010 1101010 000100100 011001 011101 101 11111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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