This is an analysis of the poem Here Is A Four Dollar Bill that begins with:

You want to hold me responsible,
For not agreeing to your mistakes made....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXb XXbca X cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110100 1101001011 10101010 00110101 10101000110010 111101011 01101010010000 10010111 1101111 1001101 11 110111110 1001101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Here Is A Four Dollar Bill;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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