Possessions Are Nine Points Of Conversation by Ogden Nash: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Possessions Are Nine Points Of Conversation that begins with:

Some people, and it doesn't matter whether they are paupers or millionaires, Think that anything they have is the best in the world just because it...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101010111011011110111001001101001011001010101111101010100101000111101110011011110100111110101000101111001110110011101110111001010101101010101001110100111110101011101001011010101010111101001010010010011111101011101011010010100010101101101111110111001101101101010111111101101010111111101110100011111100101011111110001100101011101111001101011101001101001110100101110001110111111111101011101111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1637
  • Average number of words per stanza: 291
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 1637 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 291

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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