This is an analysis of the poem The Shakedown On The Floor that begins with:

Set me back for twenty summers—
For I’m tired of cities now—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcdefgfaXeh eaaagiji ffffadcd XfXfcheh aaeafheh ibabgbjbXaagagbib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 11100101 11101110 1110101 00111010 1011101 10101010 1010101 11101010 1110101 101111010 1011111 100111010 1110101 101010010 10011101 10101010 10100101 00111010 1111111 10100010 1010001 10111110 1010111 11101111 0010101 11101111 0010101 11101011 1010101 101001010 1011101 11111010 1011101 11111010 1110111 10101010 1111111 10111110 1011101 11101010 1110101 11101110 1010101 10101111 1111101 10111110 1011101 11101111 1010111 11101011 1101001 11101010 1111111 10101011 1011101 11101110 1110111 00111110 1011101 10101010 1011011 11111010 0011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, me, i, for are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mother connects the lines.

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