Absolutely 'Their' Business by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Absolutely 'Their' Business that begins with:

Do I have to 'Be' somebody,
Adapting to that which others adopt......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB ccb bdb defbfgef ABBh hXfbcabfeXXdcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,8,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 0100111001 0101 1110111001 111001011 01001001100 11101110011111 01111001110 0101110111 1 0111001100010 0101110 111000101 11001011010 00101010110010 1101000101101 100101001011000 11101110 0100111001 0101 11011 111 01 011010111110100 10001 1101 111101111110100 1101001001 11011111010 0101111011 11110100110111 110101111111 01010110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; to, i, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Absolutely 'Their' Business;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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