This is an analysis of the poem We'Ve All Been Greedy that begins with:
Those peaceful nights for some have passed.
Those feeling safe......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddeXec adbcbedaaa FXFcaa FgXcgca ea aea Xa Xa XacFgCcfgHAfcFAA FgCFgHAfcfAAcgfcCFgHAfgFAA XXXfgCFcHAfgFAA FgCFgCFgCAAXfcCfcCfcCFcC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,6,7,2,3,2,2,16,26,15,24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 1101 01001000111 10100 1101010 01001110011 101100101 101010011001110 01011 10101110111 1101101010 00101 1101 111010011 0100111010 011110010 01 111 1010010111 1010 11100110101000 1010 11011100 110011010010 101010111010 1010 1 0100010 01 111001 101010 11 1011011 10111 1001111 101010100 101101 1010101011101 11010101 1011010111 11 010010 1011001 110100111 11010 1 1011100 1 10 1 10010 11010101 10 1 1000100 0100110101 1101011101 11010 1 1011100 110 1 10010 11010101 1110 1 11000100 0100110101 1101011101 1 1 10 1 1011100 110 1 10010 11010101 01010 1 1000100 0100110101 1101011101 1 1 0 10 1 1011100 110 1 10010 11010101 1010 1 1000100 0100110101 1101011101 11010 1 1011100 11010 1 1011100 11010 1 1011100 0100110101 1101011101 10 1 1011100 10 1 1011100 10 1 1011100 11010 1 1011100
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 121
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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; acres, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word those is repeated.
The author used the same word we've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word distressed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of We'Ve All Been Greedy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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