This is an analysis of The Beach by Weldon Kees.
Squat, unshaven, full of gas,
Joseph Samuels, former clerk…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc beeb fddf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1010101 10100101 01110101 10010101 01010101 111010111 01010101 11010101 11111101 01010111 11010101 010101001 11110001 11010001 11010101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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