Correct Me If I Am Wrong by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Correct Me If I Am Wrong that begins with:

I am to stop my own progress.
To aid you in the taking of your steps....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcdefe gfXc HgddfcXHf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 0110010011 1111010 00110011 101 0010010010 00100101 1100 0010111 10010100 1010001 000100011 1 1111011111 0110111 011011 101 10010111 111100011 1111 0110111 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; you, to, with, have are repeated.

    The author used the same word correct 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 me is repeated).

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