This is an analysis of the poem Minimum Wage that begins with:

Minimum wage?
Raise the minimum wage? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbcdccXdXXcb Xee X b XX Xd XbX dece XXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,3,1,1,2,2,3,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 101001 1010011 1010100100 0111 1001010 01001 1110110 01110110100 001010 010010100 01001101 111010 11100110 110011001 10101 010010011 010001 10000011 1 1110100000 1100011 1100101 0110 1 1110 10101 1111101001 110011 010100011010 101010001001 10001 110100010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.

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

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

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