This is an analysis of the poem The Trash Men that begins with:

here they come
these guys ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc X cde aeff aafa e da X X bX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,4,4,1,2,1,1,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 11 11 10110 110010 01010 110 10101 111011 1010011 11011010 01111 1101110101 0111 1110111 11101 11111001 100110011 111110111 111111 1110110 11111001 1010101 1001 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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