This is an analysis of the poem Cheap Cheaters that begins with:

Have you tired of accomodating,
Cheap cheaters....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXBC XAXBdd eAFeAGC AhAb eAGC XAXBCHXBCHXacAdAAF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,4,4,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010000 110 1110010000 1011 1001010111 1110010000 110 1110010000 1011 00110101100 0010101110100 10 11111 10111010111 10 11111 101110101111 10011000111 1110010000110 10101011101110 1110010000110 1010101110111 10 11111 101110101111 10011000111 1110010000 110 1110010000 1011 1001010111 0010101010011 1110010000 1011 1001010111 0010101010011 1110 10111 110 110100 110 11111 10111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; you, their, cheap are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word people is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Cheap Cheaters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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