This is an analysis of Interregnum by Weldon Kees.

Butcher the evil millionaire, peasant,
And leave him stinking in the square.…

Browse poems by Weldon Kees

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcacb cbddbb cbebeb cbfbcf
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1001010110 11110001 100100100100 11010010 10011010 11111110101 10101010100 11001101 1101011011 110000111 011001001 1111110111 10010100010 1001000101 101011111 1111010101 010100000111 1011111 100101010 1001111101 11010001 0101110011 01110010100 0101011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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