This is an analysis of the poem The Bottom Line Is This... that begins with:
The bottom line is this...
And anyone can predict the outcome....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba cXdeed XXbfc afeXbffb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010100 1100101011 001001001 11000 10101011 0 011 1011 0001000 11111101 00101 0110101 10010000100 10011101 111101010010 0100111000101 011111001010010 1101 0100101101010 0110010 11110101 1010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 The Bottom Line Is This...;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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