This is an analysis of the poem Feeding Up A Deficit that begins with:

Many bent over,
With sorrows on their shoulders......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdE AdceX CabdadCadcadXABCdEEaEd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 0101110 1010101 1 101110 10110 011001 1010001 1111010 11011 1010100 10 101010 1 10001110 101010111 1010100 10 1010101 1010100 10 1010111 10110 0101110 1010101 1 101110 0101010 101010010 0101010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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  • summary of Feeding Up A Deficit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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