This is an analysis of The Slums by Kenneth Patchen.

That should be obvious
Of course it won't…

Browse poems by Kenneth Patchen

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXbbbXXXccbXbbXXabbXXbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 110100 0101 10111 100010 0101010 1 0101 1101 11 1000110 0101 11100 11 1 1011110 011 0110 011010 1101 111101 01 11101001 1010100 111 10100 110100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26

Anaphora

a, that's

Epiphora

what, is