This is an analysis of the poem Clean It Up With Bleach that begins with:
Every inch of the fabric has been soiled.
The stars do not appear as bright....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXb abbcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010010101 01110111 01111111 01010111 11110111 010111110 010101010 011101110 1001001101 0010101 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, not, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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- summary of Clean It Up With Bleach;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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