A Hollowness To Fill by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Hollowness To Fill that begins with:

Only those shallow.
And depending upon a hollowness to fill, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB dedXfXXb ABCB X XgdXfe eeXegX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,1,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 101001010001 1101010010100 101001101 10100101 0100001101 10010101 0011010 000100110 110011101 010010 111010101 10110 101001010001 1101010010100 101001101 11111101011 111010001 10101001 01100010100001 1101001100111 1111001101010 110011111101 11 111 1 11010100111 01 1110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines what is repeated).

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