This is an analysis of the poem The Coal Picker that begins with:
He perches in the slime, inert,
Bedaubed with iridescent dirt.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbXcXddeeffaaaXbaabbbXddggccXXbbhhXXbbhhiidd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 47,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11000101 100010101 01010101 01010101 11010111 1101100 10010101 01011110 01010111 01000101 01000111 01010101 110111001 11001111 111100101 01010101 11011011 11110011 110100111 11010111 11010100 01010101 11110011 10100111 011100101 11010101 11010101 10110101 01110101 11010101 01011101 01010101 010101001 01000101 11010101 11110111 11010101 01011100 01010010 11010111 11010101 00010101 01010101 010101010 010101010 01110101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1620
- Average number of words per stanza: 295
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, of are repeated.
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- summary of The Coal Picker;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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