This is an analysis of the poem 'Debits And Credits' that begins with:
Why are you leaving me a tree and a rock?
We here are experiencing a severe deficit crisis....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bcXdcXX cXeeXfdX XXXdfcbbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101101 1110100000110010 11110110 10101 11111001 11111 1100101 1111 11001 11111 10100101 111111 10110110 11101 111010111 11101111110 111011 11101 0110010101 11110100 0101100 101 1111010 1010101111 011111 011100010111 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, i, and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase that connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of 'Debits And Credits';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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