Stumps On Corner Dumps by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stumps On Corner Dumps that begins with:

If she wasn't working,
He wasn't there....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC DEEF GHDXIJ DDDDFFGDD GHDXIJ ABBC DEEFXXXDDDDFFGDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,9,6,4,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 1101 11111 010101001 111100 11101 001011 10101101 101001 111010 1100100101 110011 11 1111 111011 111101 100101 110110 110101 101011 11111 011101 0010101 101001 111010 1100100101 110011 11 1111 011010 1101 11111 010101001 111100 11101 001011 10101101 11010011 0010111000 111011 111101 100101 110110 110101 101011 11111 011101 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; to, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines there is repeated).

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

  • summary of Stumps On Corner Dumps;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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