This is an analysis of the poem Paying For Change that begins with:
Down a notch or two,
From a quality of life many knew......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbcbcde cbX XXcdbXeX XfXX dcfgbgcfeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,3,8,4,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 0010001101 010100101 001101 111001 0101 1010110010 11101 110111 10100010 10110010 0111 011010 1110100 101001 111010 1010010100 10001 111000 10111 0101000 101010 100010010 1011 01010100 1110 10111101 101001010 1110010 0101101 00010010 0010010 101110101 110001 1011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 Paying For Change;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
