This is an analysis of the poem A Debris Of Toxic Waste that begins with:

If they would stop,
And apply the same critiquing done......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcd ebaXXcd XXbXecba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 101010101 11010 001010101 11010 01011 111001111 1111001 1111 010000100101 011011101 1110010010101 1 0011110 110100010 01 00111100 11 1110100010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Debris Of Toxic Waste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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