This is an analysis of the poem Day Bump that begins with:

Whether the harborline or the east shoreline
consummated it was nobody's biz until you got there,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcaXXd bcaedXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010010111 101001111101111 11100100111010 01011111010 01001011100 0011100101001 111000111 11110111 110100100 010011101 100111011 101011110100 1011 1110110110011 010100101110101 1001010010001 011111100 01010000100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 417
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Day Bump;
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