This is an analysis of the poem Dumping Many Buckets that begins with:

A building done,
With no retraint......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXBC DEAXF gHAE hGHE CG DEAXF AXBC CG GHAE hGHE GHE iHEXihe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,2,5,4,2,4,4,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 0110 101 1101 1110001 1110101 1110 101100 0100110011 11101 101010 00101 101 1 1101 101010 001111101 11110101 1101001001 1110001 1110101 1110 101100 0100110011 0101 0110 101 1101 11110101 1101001001 1101 101010 00101 101 1 1101 101010 001111101 1101 101010 001111101 100101 101010 001111101 111101 100110 10101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; with is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word proof at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Dumping Many Buckets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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