This is an analysis of the poem Infestation Of Getting 'High' On Education that begins with:

The increasing costs of one's higher education,
Provides 'what' as a guarantee? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbaXc aXcbabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0010101101010 01110101 0100 101 1010001010001 10010010100 10010100 100101011010 10100011 10100 1011001110 0011000110011 111100101100 0110010111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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