Do You Realize Just How Talented You Are? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Do You Realize Just How Talented You Are? that begins with:

Those who are talented,
Probably spend less time......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdcdecfageh X ahhcihhg jghiffe XX ehbjgdacgdeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,8,7,2,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 100111 1001010 0111010 010010 0010010 1001011 010011111 1010010 011010 0111100 11010010011 11000111 00111 1110111100111 11 11111 00101 1010111 101011 1010101 1010101 110100 110 111010 0011111101000 11100011 01111001010 1111000010 111101010101 1 111101001 11111 100110010 01101010101 110 01110010010 110010100 01101 0101010 10100100 10101 1111111 100 11101111100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, to are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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