This is an analysis of Hector The Collector by Shel Silverstein.

Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string,…

Browse poems by Shel Silverstein

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcbcbddbcbcbcbcAebXeXeX
  • Stanza lengths: 25,
  • Metre: 100010 010101 01010101 110111111111111 10101110 1011101 11101110 1011101 1011101 1111110110111110 1011111 11011110 1111111 11111110 1011111 11101010 11011101 100010 1110101 10111010 10111001 10101010 1111101 110101010 1111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

that

Anaphora

collected, loved