Do You Still Need To Be Convinced by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Do You Still Need To Be Convinced that begins with:

Why the exasperation?
'I'm undecided as to which elitist, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdXXefeX Xg XfX ga aX dbcfa XXXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,2,3,2,2,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 11010101010 101010 111110 11011 111100111 001111 101110110011 010010110110 11111010010011 1 1111 1 11 101111 11111 110101 1111001011 110010101 010 11110001 10101001 10010 1100010101 1 101001001 111101111 11111010100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, to are repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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