This is an analysis of the poem Fiscal Cliff that begins with:
People fed lies all their lives,
Could care less about a fiscal cliff....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXcb abaabbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 111010101 100101110101 11011011100 00010001 10011111 01101010 10110010101 101101000 01101001 110111 0101011 01011110 10100101 0010011 1010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; with, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fiscal Cliff;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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