This is an analysis of the poem Killing Floor that begins with:

1. RUSSIA, 1927
On the day the sienna-skinned man...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaXAcd befaXbgXdhbfceibjXak X fhcgdlkag X hbjabbg fljhhjadXXehifbeibAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,20,1,9,1,7,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 101001011 1110010111 10110001010010 111011010011 1100011 1010010 10110111110010 1111010110 111 111111101 01111 0110100101011 1111 11101101101 1010110111011 110110110010 11101001100101100 01001011101 10110101 10110111010 10111 1101110111 01111 110011100 1010101011 11101111101 1111 11011 1101110011 1111011011 11100101010 11101010111 0101010 1111110011 1101111101 111011101011 010011001 11011011 001110 111001 1101010 110111001 111100110 11111 111101110 11101011 1101110011 11111110100 111111 11111101001 1110 11101110010 11111110010 110011 1010 1101011 111 010110 1101011 01001 01111111 11110 0101011 1100011 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; my, in, i are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Killing Floor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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