This is an analysis of the poem The Investment that begins with:
Over back where they speak of life as staying
('You couldn't call it living, for it ain't'),...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXa bccb deed ff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10111101110 1101010101 1111110101 10000101010 10011001010 0101010101 1101010101 01110001010 1101011111 10110100100 11010011100 1111101101 1011010111 11110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
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- summary of The Investment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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