This is an analysis of the poem Plebeian Plutocrat that begins with:

I own a gorgeous Cadillac,
A chauffeur garbed in blue;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgdgD ahahhdhD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 001101 11110101 010111 11110111 110111 01110101 0101 01011101 010101 01011101 111110 11011111 010100 11011100 0101 01001101 110101 01111101 011011 01011111 111111 01010101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word bus at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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