Analysis of Epigram For Wall Street
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
I'll tell you a plan for gaining wealth,
Better than banking, trade or leases —
Take a bank note and fold it up,
And then you will find your money in creases!
This wonderful plan, without danger or loss,
Keeps your cash in your hands, where nothing can trouble it;
And every time that you fold it across,
'Tis as plain as the light of the day that you double it!
| Scheme | ABCBDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011101 101101110 10110111 01111110010 11001011011 1110111101101 01001111101 11110110111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 279 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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