This is an analysis of the poem Takes More Than Paying One's Electricity Bill that begins with:
It can be wonderful to see one's name in lights.
To shine bright......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaa Xbca X cXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010100011101 011 011000011 1101 10110100 1101 111101011001 111010111101 10011 1 10100110100 01001110101 010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
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- summary of Takes More Than Paying One's Electricity Bill;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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