This is an analysis of the poem Tire Shop that begins with:

I went down yesterday
to fix a leak in my tire. Off Bridge street...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdeafegghiheXbjXklgXmcmgdgXXkkmdmkhndbdXdXedoachbhihhbiaofdpeidXededXmkqdddmokmaXdciieaadnhejkdoedoomdkebbbdddkddbklkmXgbdjieddqbkgbgamdarddeaponkprgdaanmogeagip
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 165,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 01010110111 10111 11 10111111 011110 1101111 0010101101 00101101 101010101 10010 0101010100111010 1111101 110110111111 11010111001 110111 1101 101 111111011100101 110101010 10010100100011001 10111 111011111010 11111011110 11 1101010110101 00111011 111001000101010 1001 1011111010110 11111001010 1000100 10101 1010101001 011 110111101001 110110110101 10010001 1110111111011 1011001010 1111 1111 1101110111 1110101001 111101 1010111100100 110101110111011 10 1111110101 11101011 1110011 0101 010100101011 10101011 011 1100100101010101001 101 1010111010101 11 1101000011 0101 11011011101 11101111111 111111010100100010 111111 10011001 10101111 1011110110 11001011111101 100110110 1010100010 1111101011 11111101110101 0011 1110000 111100010101 111111 01010 0111100110 110111010110 01010010011 1111 111111011 111 100111101000100 1100111001 01011 0101011111 001101 10100111010111 111011110 101101110111 01001011101111 00100 111100111001001 001010011 111011111101 110110 10111101111110 10100111101 11010111 010111011011 111101101101 1010011 11010101 0110101110 0111 1111 1011111111110 1111 1011111100 110 11 01 0111111 111 10 101 111010111 1100101 10111001 11100111001 110111 1111110010 11010111 11110000101011 01101 1010100 1010111011101 11011110 1001110 0011101101 1001111110 1111011011 110101001011010 1100111 01010010 010010100101001 11010101010101 001010111 0101 110101110101 00101 010010 1011011 101111 1101001010110 1101111 0100 11011 11111011110 101110111 10101110 01011 111101011111 1110111111011 11111101111010 001 1101101111010011 11100 11111111111011 00100 1110111010 1101010111000010 011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1134
  • Amount of lines: 165
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ', i, of, in, his, their, to, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the, and, his, their are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines places is repeated).

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