This is an analysis of the poem Paying Taxes that begins with:
Done-with-a-minimum.
Donewithaminimum....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXaX BXBC XXD BXBC XXD EFGHH EFHHH bXX iAXAX BXBC XXD iD EFGHH EFHHH DiDiD gdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,3,5,5,3,5,4,3,2,5,5,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100 1000000 100100 1000000 011 100000010000001000000 111 011101 1110 100000010000001000000 11110100101010 011 100000010000001000000 111 011101 1110 100000010000001000000 11110100101010 010 011 111 101111 101111 010 011 1011 101111 101111 1111101 10111 01110101111 1 100100 1100000 100100 1001000 011 100000010000001000000 111 011101 1110 100000010000001000000 11110100101010 1 1110100101010 010 011 111 101111 101111 010 011 1011 101111 101111 11110100101010 1 1110100101010 1 1110100101010 0111 1111110 01001111110
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 63
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; donewithaminimum, too, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, pootoo are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines toot, taxes are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words toot, taxes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Paying Taxes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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