This is an analysis of the poem With Both Feet In Debt And Sorrows that begins with:

Investments made to ensure deposits are stocked,
In an abundance of ignorance......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc ccbdccbe edadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100101011 010100100 1101101001001 1011001110010 000100100101 1001000111010 100111111 101111001 0100101101110 101111100011 101100010010001 11001000101000 001011111010110 101110101000100 0010100101010 11010101 010110011010 11010000101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of With Both Feet In Debt And Sorrows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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