Analysis of DICK THE DUMPSTER TRUCK

Ray Eden 1959 (Hackney)



DICK THE DUMPSTER TRUCK

If you need something moving
You may well be in luck
Just call four-seven, three-six-eight
For Dick the dumpster truck

He may not be all shiny
But he's as cheap as chips
And he's great at taking all your trash
Down to the rubbish tip

Big stuff, old stuff, small stuff
There's room on board for all
He even took a statue there
And that was eight feet tall

If you've cleared out your garden
And have big bags of waste
He'll take the lot from your small plot
And do it all post-haste

Old Dick's a well kept secret
By people in the know
And when they're needing something moved
They know just where to go

He'll take all your scrap metal
Your hardcore and old tat
He'll make sure it's recycled
And all his fees are flat

He comes when you've arranged it
He will not turn up late
He really loves his customers
And thinks they shouldn't wait

So if you've got a thingummy
And with it you've been stuck
Just call four-seven, three-six-eight
For Dick the dumpster truck!


Scheme a xaBA xxxx xcxc xdxd xexe xfxf xbxb xaBA
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1111010 111101 11110111 110101 1111110 111111 011110111 110101 111111 111111 1101011 011111 1111110 011111 11011111 011111 1101110 110001 01110101 111111 1111110 111011 1111010 011111 1111011 111111 11011100 011101 111101 011111 11110111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 993
Words 196
Sentences 2
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

It's one of my silly 'kids' poems, that are aimed at the kid in every adult.

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Written on December 26, 2021

Submitted by rayeden on December 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:03 min read
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Ray Eden

I have been writing poetry, prose and lyrics since my teens, and I'll be 63 in January. I live on The Isle of Sheppey in Kent, UK. more…

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