This is an analysis of the poem That Dwindling Cash that begins with:
People,
They do what they can....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBCX aBCX DDeF DDeF aBCX DDeF DDeF aBDDeaBDDedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 11111 001011100 1100 10 11111 001011100 1100 11110 11010 1 110111111010 11110 11010 1 110111111010 10 11111 001011100 1100 11110 11010 1 110111111010 11110 11010 1 110111111010 10 11111 11110 11010 1 10 11111 11110 11010 1 1111 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- 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.
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- summary of That Dwindling Cash;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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