This is an analysis of the poem In These Days Of The Takers that begins with:

Why is it,
That 'some' people......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdaeXf AbXbadedX ecfXCdagd dgeX CX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 11010 10110100010 1111101 110011101 11101 1111010 111001010 100 1010 010011011100 010111010 11011111 11111001011 1001101 000101010010 10111111 1101 101011110 100110 0110010110100 0110010 1010101 10101101 11000 10110001 101 111001011 111110101 000101101110 0110010 101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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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  • summary of In These Days Of The Takers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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