Can'T Escape The Getting Any by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Can'T Escape The Getting Any that begins with:

I think about you daily, baby.
And appreciate those days, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD D D ABCDd D Dee XDXD CDCDDD CDCDDD CXCEX CEXCAX CAXAAX AAX AAX Xa X A X A AA X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,5,1,3,4,6,6,5,6,6,3,3,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 1010111 110101010 101 111 101 110111010 1010111 110101010 101 01 111 101 11 11 10110111011100 111111111111 10110111011100 111111111111 110101010 101 110101010 101 111 101 110101010 101 110101010 101 111 101 110101010 11111 110101010 1011111 11111 110101010 1011111 11111 110101010 10101010 11111 110101010 10101010 11111 10101010 10101010 11111 110101010 10101010 11111 110101010 10101010 11111 111101 0010101011101010 111010111 1010101011101010 111010111 1010101011101010 10101010 10101010 111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; dah, bahdah, doo, oooh, boo, wahhh, can't, escape, getting, any are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word can't is repeated.

    The author used the same words i, can, can't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same words you, wahhh at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Can'T Escape The Getting Any;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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