This is an analysis of the poem We'Ve Cut Back that begins with:

Why is it always those 'with' the money,
Attempting to convince the ones living......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbac deXXcX cdceXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111010 0100010110 101101011 0101101 1111010 10010011100 1111001011001 111110100111010 10111111000 101101111011 11110001001001 11011010101010 11111 110100111 01 11101011010 001010 10101011100101 11000101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, my are repeated.

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  • summary of We'Ve Cut Back;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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