This is an analysis of the poem One Can Never Get Enough that begins with:

One can never get enough...
Of money....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbAcAbdeXAfcX GdGdGXdffgefggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 010 111101110 1110101 01011101 1110101 0111010 0101001111 110100101 0110010001100 1110101 01011100 011011101 010101010 1010100 101110101 1010100 101010110100 1010100 01001010111 101011010 100111111011 111010110 0010111101 010001 010111010 1001101 01010010000 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, or are repeated.

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

  • summary of One Can Never Get Enough;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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