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
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- 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.
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