This is an analysis of the poem Dirty In Their Pits. Misfits that begins with:

They now are found,
Down, down, down, down......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBCDd Xeaff Xegeg ABCBCDdXBaeBd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1111 011010 11111 101110 10011 11 10111011 01110 1010111 0101110 100011010 1011101 01010 1011001 11010 101011000111 1111 1111 011010 11111 101110 10011 10101 11111 10111 1001 11111 1001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; down is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Dirty In Their Pits. Misfits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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