This is an analysis of the poem I Prefer The Pound that begins with:
I remembered being married.
Now I am happily divorced....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXbabacXddXaabXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 11110001 11011001 1110111 10111110 1111 10110 011111 001101010101 1010010 101011010 011010 101011010 101100001 1110101 1000111110 1011 1101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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- summary of I Prefer The Pound;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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