This is an analysis of the poem Disgusting Trash that begins with:

I am thrilled and feeling exuberant.
It's the new product line we are soon to market....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXb cbadd XaddcX aadbXbeced
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100100 001101111010 010001010011101 11101011010 110011 10110110101 0111011010 111000111010 10110100110101 111010 1010101 11010111100010 1101010101010 11010101100110 1110100101 0010111010101 100 100 10111001 1 11110110011010 11101 010101000110 100101 101100 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; excellent is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words excellent, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines excellent is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Disgusting Trash;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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