~62~ by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem ~62~ that begins with:

As my 62nd birthday approaches...
I will again be celebrating my 31st....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XXX cXXadefegeh bhe XXbXdffehigce ieebXXafX dXeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,11,3,13,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 10010101011 0010101 1011010 101 11 111 111001 110111 111011101001 01100100 11001110 11101101 110001010110 11001 0101111 110110101 10011 1111 0110011 110101000 1110101111 11111 1111110101 111011001010 10101100 10011010000010 1101011101010 1 1110111011 0110111110 1 1 0111110 110 111101 1111010 10110 000111010001011 110010111 0111111 0110 101010 1 1111101001 11011001010 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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