Do You Hear Me? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Do You Hear Me? that begins with:

Give you
Time? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dXdcXecX cXbedXfffgga XaeB aeBHH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,12,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1 011 1101 11110 1 1011011 110 1011010 1011101 1010100 1111 1111101 01011111 101111010 00101011010 11101101010 010111010 0110010 0101110101000 10110110101010 10110100110 101011 1 1 11110 111100101 1 10011110 111100101 1111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

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

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

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

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