This is an analysis of Thumbsucker by Shel Silverstein.
I met her on a corner in Duluth
(That’s the truth.)…
Browse poems by Shel Silverstein
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaXXbbccb Xdccb Xd
- Stanza lengths: 11,5,2,
- Metre: 1101010001 101 1110101001011 0111 1111110101 111111111111 1111011100111 11110111111 11111101 11011111 1111011100111 11110100101 11111010101 1111010101 11110100110101 11111011100111 1100110001100100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
her, she, i, and, you, thumb, they, suck
Anaphora
it, they
