This is an analysis of the poem Love For Profit that begins with:

Do it to feel established.
Get it to do while young and daring....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXab XbXaXX bX X XXb aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,2,1,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 100111110 10101 11101110 1011010 1010011001 010111010100 0110101101101 0111 1011110001011 0110110100111 1111 10110100111 1111010001110 1 00111100010 010100100111 110101110 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, to are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase profit connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Love For Profit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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