But I Was Never Alone by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem But I Was Never Alone that begins with:

I had to grow up,
Early....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXcdXe AbCEFE dgdX Xfheggdhd AbCEFE fggXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,4,9,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 10 111101 0101 111001 101010 11111 11011 10 00100 0101 10111010 11011 1010010 1011101 10111 10111110 1011110 110101000 111011 11001 11010 010101010 11011 1011101 11001111 11011 10 00100 0101 10111010 11011 111 1001 0001111 1001 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, there are repeated.

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

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