This is an analysis of the poem Does Not Measure Up that begins with:
They leave themselves penniless.
And thieve on allowed greed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd befg begbX cdceeaa cXbefee X hdh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,7,7,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100 111011 1001111110 11101000100100 11000100 1011110100 11011 11001010 1010010 1000 110100 0111110101 111010111 1010110101101 1111010 1011101101 1000101 110 11011 1110111101 111001 0011010 00110010 111101011010 11111 11000010110 1110010 1001001 11101 11100100 11101011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 31
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; themselves, and, to are repeated.
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