Backstabbers And Judgement Passers by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Backstabbers And Judgement Passers that begins with:

Judgements heard to be passed,
On others by those with druthers to do this......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccdabd XX efgahfgb XX hgee gaeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,8,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 11011010010 1001101 00100101001 11011001 1101010001 0100101001 0101010010 100100010010 11110 10111011 1101100 01100100010 10111 010111 1101010100001100 110 010101 10011010111001 1 0010101011 1110100 11 0100111010 111010 111 101110101 110101010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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