This is an analysis of the poem On Loan With Good Credit And Leased that begins with:

I don't think you understand,
From which environment I've come....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCDC edafegXc XcbccX ABCCDC fcgXghchXg dgXX gX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,6,10,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111101 01010011 1111001010 011101101 101001101011 11110111101 101111101010110 1101010010 10111 1001010011010 1011011101 11100101 0101001011 010100100 111001 10101111011010 1001 11010101 011010110100 00111 1111101 01010011 1111001010 011101101 101001101011 11110111101 110 1011010101100 0111100100 001 101 1 100 101010111 101100 11001011 110110111 1010101101 10010001001 00110110100 111101101 1101011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of On Loan With Good Credit And Leased;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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