This is an analysis of the poem Not Up For Grabs To Be Repossessed that begins with:

You HAD that nice home.
In a selected suburban neighborhood....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXcX aXdXe adbecadac XffdaXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,9,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 00010010101 11110011001 11001110111 1111001100 0111010100 1100010100 1 11111000 011001 101 1101001111 1 11010110 1101110101010 1111011 100011 0100 0011111 1101 0110101010 111011 110110101 111111 11001 11111010 1110011011 1111100101 101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, to, not are repeated.

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  • summary of Not Up For Grabs To Be Repossessed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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