This is an analysis of the poem Bury Me In My Shades that begins with:

In a pad with no heat, up on Sullivan Street,
The last of the hipsters lay dyin'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbcddcefGXfccchhhbBBGXXfefeXcffBBBGXXafggfhhfbXbcbGXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 57,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011111001 01001011 1001111111 11011111 1010110 110110 0110101 11111 010101 10101111 111110101 111101 1101 01001 01101101 111 01101 11101011 111 111 111 1101011 1010111 101011 1101 01001 11010110 111110101 0100110 11011001 0100110 110110100 11011001 11011 101011 101011 1010111 101011 1101 01001 11010110 110101001 110111 11001 10101 01111101 11101 11101 11101001 111001 11101 11101101 101011111 101011 1101 01001 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 308
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, bury, me, in, shades, we, his, and, got are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', bury, we, and, 'bury are repeated.

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  • summary of Bury Me In My Shades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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