This is an analysis of the poem No Cash. No Hash that begins with:

Bad credit?
I wouldn't have applied for credit at all......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb bXc ccdXa bb ddbaeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 11010111011 011011110 10011 1110101001 01111010 1101001110100 010 011101 11011001010 011010111 11011 01100010 11 11 10100011 111010 01000010111 011 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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

  • summary of No Cash. No Hash;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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