This is an analysis of For Sale by Meena Kandasamy.

My school bud, he work hard.
He slog. He make money.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abX cadbddcc XcX cXX XX
  • Stanza lengths: 3,8,3,3,2,
  • Metre: 111111 111110 1111 1101101 0111101 1101111 10111010 101111 11010101 11111101 00111101 1011101 101110101 01110111 11111 11101 011010 11111111 1111110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

he, for

Anaphora

he

Anadiplosis

stare