This is an analysis of the poem Child Of The Romans that begins with:

The dago shovelman sits by the railroad track
Eating a noon meal of bread and bologna. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbbbXaXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100110111 10011011010 011111110110 01011011010 11100110 11011100110 0101001000111010 1001001000101 111001010011011 100111010110 11011001110 1010101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Child Of The Romans;
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