Vendler Grid for "Epigram for Wall Street"

Vendler Grid
Meaning:  The meaning of the passage is to show that if you view the world simply and take everything to be shallow and lacking in detail that a simple solution to gaining money is to just “in-crease” (hahaha) the amount of money you have.
Antecedent Scenario: The poem is being given as economic advice. The advice is so simple that it mocks investments and banks.
Structural Parts: the poem has two parts as it is so short. The first part consists of the question that the poet wishes to answer. The second part is the explanation as to why his advice “works”.
Climax: The climax of this poem is when the poet tells of his economic advice to just fold the money in half to double the amount you have.
Other Parts: The beginning of the poem is the question and the ending explains the solution to the problem. It is structured similar to a sonnet in this regard. There is a question, then a switch and the answer.
Skeleton: The beginning of the poem is somewhat serious as it deals with money and things such as banking and investment. Then it switches to a childish answer to the problem. The tone changes from serious to mockingly childish.
Content Genre-games: The poem is one that gives advice to people. It is also satirical in its approach.
Tone: Throughout the poem I would say that the overall tone is that joking and toying with people wishing to increase their monetary wealth easily.
Agency: The agent of the poem is the people listening to the poet’s advice. Since it is written in Second person the subject is the reader. The poem uses the noun “you”.
Roads Not Taken: I believe that the poem is written in such a short structure to mirror the poem’s message to the reader. Just because something may be short or appear to be less difficult doesn’t make it a solution to the actual problem or more convenient.
Speech Acts: The speech act is an advisory statement.
Outer and Inner Structural Forms: The rhyming structure of the poem is a,b,c,b,d,e,d,e. The first and the third lines are the only two to not rhyme with each other in the pattern.
Imagination: The memorable aspect of the poem is its satirical aspect. It is a humorous  poem that tells a very simple message.