This is an analysis of the poem Make Me Rich that begins with:

Purchase purchase buy buy
Purchase purchase buy buy...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAA BABABABABABABABABA X BABABABA X BABABABA X AAAA XX BABABXABXABXABXABXABXABXA XXBABABABA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,18,1,8,1,8,1,4,2,25,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 101011 101011 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111000 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 10 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 110010 101011 101011 101011 101011 100101001 01111 111 101011 111 101011 111 11010 101011 111 11010 101011 111 11010 101011 111 11010 101011 111 11010 101011 111 11010 101011 111 11010 101011 1 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011 111 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word purchase is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines buy is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word buy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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