This is an analysis of the poem Money And A Title With Prestige that begins with:

Affection, love and devotion to get,
Is more precious than any object......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcacaXXb XdedfghXidXX Xh aagcfeX a iXcgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,2,7,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101001 011011010 101001 11101010 1010101 01001010 01101001 1110100 101111 011110100 1011 10101010 001010111001 11101001001 1100101 111 1110 11011100 11101110 0101 101010001 011101110 1 10011110 110111010 0110100 111 111111101 11010010111 11101 111111100 110000101 110 111111111 11101010 11 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of Money And A Title With Prestige;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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