This is an analysis of the poem How They Prostitute A Poem that begins with:

It is uniquely easy
For some to sell...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaae efcXc afdgc bgcgXecgce fcd edcaXXc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,10,3,7,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001010 1101 0101 10010 100100 0100110 010010 11101 010111 10101010 110101010 110010011 1100100 110001 001100 1010101 1111111 0010 0111 1101010 1110101 001001001 1111111 01011111 10111 110101 11011010 101000 1001001 101100101 10 10101 01010 111110 101111 01110 001 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, or are repeated.

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