This is an analysis of the poem When The Economy Started To Slip that begins with:
When the economy started to slip,
Who was not aware of it? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcDE ABcDE FBFCFGFd FBFCFGFd ABcDE FBFCFGFd AFBFd AFBFd AFBFdXFBFd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,8,5,8,5,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001001001 1110100 1 110001 010101 1001001001 1110100 1 110001 010101 1101 11101 11101 1111 11101 1001 11101 1 1101 11101 11101 1111 11101 1001 11101 1 1001001001 1110100 1 110001 010101 1101 11101 11101 1111 11101 1001 11101 1 1001001001 1101 11101 11101 1 1001001001 1101 11101 11101 1 1001001001 1101 11101 11101 1 1101 11101 11101 1
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
The author used the same words when, who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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