This is an analysis of the poem Detroit Grease Shop Poem that begins with:

Four bright steel crosses,
universal joints, plucked...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXadbXaea feXabghfiXa hghcXbihjXdgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 101011 100111 1100110 0111 110101 11101 11010 11110 110111 10 1001 10010101 11010 001001 11101 101010 100101 111101 001110 1110101 11 011 01011 01010011 101101 1011110 1011110 110010 110100 1010101 01010100 10100 111101 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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