This is an analysis of the poem Stun, Numb And Dumb Them Up! that begins with:

The absence of trash indiscriminately disgarded around.
With clean streets and people treating themselves respectfully, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcc abdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100110100010001 01111010010100 100110100 10010010101 1010000011101 110110011001 1110110101100100 11101110 01010110111010 1110010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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