This is an analysis of the poem What And Who Will Win? that begins with:

What and who will will?
The Euro and the Yen....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbabbbbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 010101 11111000 101001 010010 01001 11110111 0101 100110110 01001 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of What And Who Will Win?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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