This is an analysis of the poem Sarah Cynthia Slyvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out that begins with:

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaabXbbccbbddbbaXddbXeeffggaaffffgXaaaaaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 47,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 1110101 110011101 10011101 110101111 1101110101 110110010 10101110 1010101 1010101 010101001 010101101 01011101 1010111 1111101 1010111 1011101 1011101 1011101 1010101 0101101 01010101 1010101 1010101 10101010 1001001010 1010111 1011101 10101110 11101010 1111101 1010101 11010111 11000101 11010101 110011101 1100101001011 1110101 11010111 01010101 01100101 110010101 11011101 11101101 010100111 110010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1635
  • Average number of words per stanza: 285
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and are repeated.

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