This is an analysis of the poem Duplicitous Events that begins with:
Everyday...
The same thing goes on....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aB ac ddeddfc GdGXddeaX HgFGFHgaBGaCGaBGaC daBdaCXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,7,9,18,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 01111 10101 11011 0100 0100 1000110111010 1000100 1010100 1101010 110110101 11010100 00110010 11010100 001010001 001010100 10100 100010111010 101111 110111 11 10100 001010101 11010100 001010101 11 0100 101 01111 110100 101 01011 110100 101 01111 110100 101 01011 11110100 101 01111 110100 101 01011 010001101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; duplicitous, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word duplicitous is repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines duplicitous is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase duplicitous connects the lines.
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- central theme;
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of There Is One Thing Missing
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