This is an analysis of the poem On A Fixed Budget that begins with:
I've been taught to keep my cool...
No matter what class of fool surrounds me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabc XbccXacdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1010111 1101101011 11001110111 11110101 110001101 1000100011101 010100010 010100101101 1 1101010 1010010101 00101010010 100110100110100 1011110110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of On A Fixed Budget;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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