This is an analysis of the poem Corporate Bottom Line that begins with:

Shabbily they're seen and treated...
Workers jerked and losing perks....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcD cbXb EAFaEAF GFHF GFHF CFHF GFHF CF ABcDXCFCFCF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,4,4,4,2,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110 1011101 01 1101001 10101011 0010101 1001010 1010001 111101110 1101010 0010101 1 111101110 1101010 0010101 01001100 0100101 101000111 0100101 01001100 0100101 101000111 0100101 101010101 0100101 101000111 0100101 01001100 0100101 101000111 0100101 101010101 0100101 10011110 1011101 01 1101001 101010101 0100101 101010101 0100101 101010101 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

    The poet repeated the same word line at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Corporate Bottom Line;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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