This is an analysis of the poem Dividends Returned that begins with:
You deserve, earn and get...
The dividends returned, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABA caabbX aaaXXa ABAXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111 010101 011010 11 1111101 1010101011 1100101010010 010101 010001110 1010100001 1101001 1101010111 111000111000 01110010 0110100111 101111 010101 011010 1011101 1010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word like is repeated.
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