This is an analysis of the poem Novelty That Commoditizes Satisfactions Until Eatened that begins with:

Why would anyone want fame AND fortune?
To complicate the basicness to live one's life, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc dbXdc Aaa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110011110 010101000111 0110101101011 011011010 0101111101 111101000100 00101100100 00100110111 1110011110 00101010 1010010101010 111101010100 1010100010100 00101110001010010 10100110000101001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Novelty That Commoditizes Satisfactions Until Eatened;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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