Acknowledging My Sentiments by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Acknowledging My Sentiments that begins with:

I've been too long at this...
Not to know what it is that I am doing....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDD ceffe ABCDD aXaXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 10110011110 1101100101 0010011010 101100101 01110101 10101110 1101101101 0011110010 010100110111 101110 10110011110 1101100101 0010011010 101100101 101001100 10101001001011 111001101101 0111100 010100110 110 1011010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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