This is an analysis of the poem Puking Into Gutters that begins with:

Who are these folks?
The ones out of touch, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbXbc cXbbdcdc AXacbcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 01101 10100101 01111011 1100101010 10101101 11101101 101101100 10111 1100010 011010010 101010101 1011101 0111000100 1111 100010 10101 1101011 1001011 0111111 1110101 101111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; who, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Puking Into Gutters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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