This is an analysis of the poem Quick To Dump Their Junk that begins with:

Some seem ready to jump into a garbage dump.
Quick to dump their junk, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcDefg cXhhh gXgXd ceXiXe hAhbeXiDefg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001000101 10111 11110 1000111 10010101 110111 11110 01100010101010 10001110111 1000101 1000111101 110000011111 1110011010 00111110101 111001101010 1011101 010111 011111111010 1101111111 101101 1110010011 11101 00101 100 111001000101 1100 1110111 11 111 1000111 11111101 11110111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to, easier, who, it, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words quicker, and, easier are repeated.

    The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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