This is an analysis of the poem Mother, Among The Dustbins that begins with:

Mother, among the dustbins and the manure
I feel the measure of my humanity, an allure...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd eXe ffdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010101001 11010010100101 1001001111 0010000100111 0010010011 111101111 111101001001 110011001 11010010001 111110101011 0111011101 110100000101 11110001110 0100101110 01010110011010 1101101001111 11111010111 1110010010001001 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, but are repeated.

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

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