A Devil To Do A Deed by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Devil To Do A Deed that begins with:

Impossible it is to convince anyone,
Who has been ignored with it to go unnoticed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcadeX ff ebX f XcX e X eXe faaX Xa XXX eXdXg XgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,3,1,3,1,1,3,4,2,3,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010000001100 110010001010 1110101 110101000110 101010001010 01001110110 1011110001 101110111010 11000010101 0100101001 101 1 01010110101 1 110101 011011 11101011 11 11001011 1 11010 11100111 1100101 010010 00101110 11010010 11 11 1 1 111011011 11 1011010001 110010010110 00101 1111010111 10 111 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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