What Has Money Ever Fixed? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What Has Money Ever Fixed? that begins with:

What has money ever fixed?
To stay that way and permanent? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaabca defaf Aafgga dgdc aebXX XfXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 01111100 11010101 111010 101100101 11001111001 11010100101 01010111110 101001001 1010101 1001001000010010 1110101 1000001010111 1011000010 110 11110101010 1110 01011101 00101010 111101101010 101010010100100 1011 1011101 110 0101010010100 01001101010 1101 00110010 1100100 1010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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