This is an analysis of the poem In The Seeking Of A Balanced Budget that begins with:

Hunger and homelessness.
And meeting the needs, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcbcXcX baXcXXaacX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100 11001 0110 010001 10101001 111010 0010010001 111010010 10101 10101010101 1110100 1101100101 11010100 1111011 0010111 11011110 1100101100 11100101011 0010001010 111101001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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