This is an analysis of the poem To Produce And Spread The Legitimacy that begins with:

I've overheard some people to say,
How they have to work two and three jobs...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cde bdacfXa dgcg aacaedg ecbbhXXgdd gicjaXd aiX ggdkea acg abXhhckgjdccfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,4,7,10,7,3,6,3,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111001 111011111 001110001 1 1100 1011101011010 101111001010001 1110111 0100101001100 1001100001 1000 0101000 111110010 11110111100010 100100100011 1111010010 10010111010111 11101001000101110 11110 000110 10111010101001 01101010 10110111 10100010 101100 1110 101110010100001010001 011 110 10010101110001 11110101011100010 110010111 10101 010 110111 010 0111110111 11011011010111110 1101101101110 11100101 100110101 11110111010 11011 10110 0000100110110100101 01101010101010101 1011011010010110 111100101110010011 1101 10111011010 1100111100101011 0101010 00101001000111001 10010110 001111 111010010 1110 11001101 0101000 1001011010 01001010 11010110 111110 11010100 1100111001000 0010 00011000100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wishes, life are repeated).

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  • summary of To Produce And Spread The Legitimacy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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