This is an analysis of the poem Personalized Garbage that begins with:

What better day is it than today,
To trash and put out on the curb......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDD eedXX XXdXdXABCDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 01111101 101010 10010100 0101011100 10110111001 11111 01100 110101011000 0111 100101111 011110110101 10101101000 01110101100110 0100010010001 110100101 01111101 101010 10010100 0101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; and, to, it are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Personalized Garbage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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