This is an analysis of the poem There Is No Escaping From The Garbage We Leave that begins with:

At the end of any day,
A trash collector......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaccX ddd eXedX XffXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 01010 1111 1110100001 1011010 1101101010 00010010 10110001011 1101 1110100110 0100101 01111 11001 1010001 00101001 110100111 01011001001 110110111 101010001011 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; we is repeated.

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

  • summary of There Is No Escaping From The Garbage We Leave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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