This is an analysis of the poem Unpaid Debts that begins with:
Many are trying to pinch pennies,
From pockets to pick....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcdccbdcebcXX XXcefX acX X Xd XfaX ggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,6,3,1,2,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100110 01001 1100010100 010101 110101 011010 10010010001 110101011001 10010101 0110101 110101101011 000111101001010 11 100010001 010101 11000111010110 1110 0110111 110110 101101110 11 1110101 10101 101010101 111011 1001 1 1101 1 0001 11111110 1111010 111010 11110 11101 10
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Unpaid Debts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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