This is an analysis of the poem Having-Less-Is-More that begins with:

Money isn't 'everything' you know?
'Ooooohhh mon ami, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba XcXdXdXX eXb XcffafcXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,8,3,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100011 1110 1101 1101101000 111010100 110 11110100 1010111010 1110111010010 111100111010 0101011 1110100100 1110011 10010110 1 11 11010010 1101010101 011 1111 1111 1101101101 1001101 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; or, to, dollar 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 you connects the lines.

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  • summary of Having-Less-Is-More;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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