This is an analysis of the poem Here To Leave Their Garbage that begins with:

I don't allow myself or my time to be played with.
What would be the point to lay back and waste it? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX aXXXX aXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1101111110010 11001011110 1010110 101111000 001010 1001100100010 011001010 1110111 0010101110 0101011111 1111110111 01010100111 110 100111101110 1111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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