This is an analysis of the poem Garbage-Heap that begins with:
The wind was shrill and mercenary,
Like a housewife pacing down the sky....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXccXdXcdccab dbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111010 101110101 11111001 100101001000 01001100 110101 110101001 100100100 010101011 1100010101 01010100101 010110100 010010010110 1100100100 0100100100 1010001 010111 0101001 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Garbage-Heap;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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