This is an analysis of the poem When You Dump Dung that begins with:

When you,
Dump dung....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDAEF C CDAEF BFFCFB BFFCFB ABCDAEF CBCDAEF DCF ABCDAEFXDCFc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,5,6,6,7,7,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11 10001001 0111101 111 10 11101100 11 10001001 0111101 111 10 11101100 1111 001011 0101011 01010101 0101 0101011010 1111 001011 0101011 01010101 0101 0101011010 11 11 10001001 0111101 111 10 11101100 11 1111 10001001 0111101 111 10 11101100 10101011 1111011101 01010100011 11 11 10001001 0111101 111 10 11101100 10101011 1111011101 01010100011 001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.

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  • summary of When You Dump Dung;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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