This is an analysis of the poem There In Abundance that begins with:

Why is there an economic failure?
People instilled with capitalistic beliefs, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXXcb AddefbfXg XhXXXXbXbhXX fgiiccXicbXbjc X cecbXgXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,12,14,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101010 100101001001 0100111000 111010000101 1101011 10100100 011110101 1011101010 011011100 011100 10110000101 11101111010 0100010 010011110001 1110101 0010101 1 011010 11110010 11110101 110110 0101 11111101 1111 11101 01010010 111 11101111 11101 1100111 100111 110110111111 111 11010101 1110010 1110101 111101011 01101010 111011 1010101 111111111 0011010011 110111 101 111110011 0111 0010010 1110101110 111101010 1111101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; and, you, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, you, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of There In Abundance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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