This is an analysis of the poem Dirt Dumpers that begins with:

What makes dirt dumpers think,
That where one chooses to live......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: AXXabb AbccdX Abbbc AeXbXX deXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1111001 01000 1111 11010110100 1010100011 111101 0111110100 10010010001 11000111 111101 10011101001 111101 101001011010 1111001011 1100010 1101001010010011 111101 0111100101 111101010 10100111110 11111 010100110101 1111011 011101111 111 11011 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, their, own are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Dirt Dumpers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar