Drag It Somewhere Else by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Drag It Somewhere Else that begins with:

Decisions are decisions!
And those who make them, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDCe fgXeXX ABCDCXc DfDf FcFccff ABCcccfXcdggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,4,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 11110 11011 01001010 10011101 110 11101001111 00101001 10011 1011010 1011101111 11101111011 0101010 11110 11011 01001010 10011101 110111011 10100011011 110010101 001 110010101 111010011111 111101011 1101 111101011 00100111 001001 11010111 11101 0101010 11110 11011 11111111 1010010101010 011101 0100111110001 11 11 11 11 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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