This is an analysis of the poem You'D Be Making A Lot More Money that begins with:

Why don't you go somewhere else,
Where you can become more 'noticed'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XX b cXX De XadX Xf dX Xf XX D X X XfbeX cbe XgbebXXaggca aebX f aXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,3,2,4,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,5,3,12,4,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 111011100 100 10111 100111 11111111 110 1111111101 110 11 1 11111000 11100001 10100111100 11 010 1111111 0101 1 111010 1 01101 110 11 011110 1 1111010 1001011101 111 0101 101101 11111 1 11111 1110100101010 111001010011 111011 11111 11111 11010110110 111101111 1101011010 1 101 111101101 1110010111011 111 1111001 1110101111 101001110 111101100110 0111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    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; what, you, i, love, that are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of You'D Be Making A Lot More Money;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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