Downloaded On My Cellphone by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Downloaded On My Cellphone that begins with:

My grandmother told me about,
That 'adult' movie you made......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc XXX XbaX XX a aaX dba Xe Xe aX a XX ad X ebb X cX X a XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,2,1,3,3,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,3,1,2,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 1101011 101001 1 1100 11000 1 111 101110 111111 1 101 110 110 110 11 1101110 1111101 10111101 1010101110 1011 01001 0011001100 1111 00101100 11100 1 010 11010100 11011001 10111101 11 111101 10100101 11 10110011 11111010 11 11111 100 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; got, it, she are repeated.

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

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

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