This is an analysis of the poem The Bursting Of The Boom that begins with:

The shipping-office clerks are ‘short,’ the manager is gruff—
‘They cannot make reductions,’ and ‘the fares are low enough.’... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccBbcc ddeecc Bbcc ffeecc Bbcc ddaacc ggcc ffddcc ddcc ggbbXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010111010001 11010101011101 11110101111101 11111101111101 11010101110101 11110101010001 11101111101 1101101101 11110101010101 100111011010001 0101010110101 11111101010111 11110101111101 11110001111001 010101010100101 010101011010001 11101111101 1111011111101 11011001011101 1111101010001 01010101111101 11011110010001 01110111110111 11111101011101 11010001011101 110111011010001 11101111101 11101111101 11010101111101 110100011010001 11100101110101 01110101011101 01110101010101 01111111111111 01011101110101 010101111010001 11101111101 11101111110001 1101010110101 111101111010001 11010100010111 01010100010110 11100111110111 11111101010101 10011101110111 110101011010001 111011111111 101010101111101 1111110010111 11010101010001 11011101111111 01010111111101 11000101110101 101010001010101 11111111110100 01011101110110 11010011110111 111101011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, boom, ll, you, he, they, to, it, your, s are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word boom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Bursting Of The Boom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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