This is an analysis of the poem Middle Class Bucks that begins with:
People who abuse the art of making excuses...
By using them to protect themselves, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabacaXda EXFGAbbFA cdhedhii bjXgj EXFGAbXFA EXF ekaaXfl iblik EXFimeiXmba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,5,9,3,7,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101010010 110000101 010111 0010001100011 0011101101 11010 0100010010100 10101 11111 111010110001 00111011 100111 0101100 010111 1101 00100110 111010 00101101 10110001 1111111 111101 11100010 10001 0101001 110100001 00101101 01001100 1111001 1110101110 1110010 101111 111010110001 00111011 100111 0101100 010111 1101 001001100 111010 00101101 11010110001 00111011 100111 111010010110 10111 010100010 11110 01111 10100101011 1010001101 110101 11011 010110001101 0011101010 010111 11010110001 00111011 100111 100111011011 10010100 00101010 111100001001 001010 1100010 010100010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, they, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Middle Class Bucks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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