Echos From The Past Are Heard by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Echos From The Past Are Heard that begins with:

If,
For a number of decades......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdXe fX badcfbfg XB gab abXb gbdedb XbX acc XhX hhddcdfXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,2,3,4,6,3,3,3,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0 1010001 0101 101001 111101101 1010101010 111011001 01101010 11010010100 11011011101 1000100100010 010110101 10110 101111 1010011 10110 001001101 101011 11001101001 1000111 11001100 0010011001100 11000111 110011011110 11110010111 110011100111100 11000111 1110001 011101 10110101010 0111100 1100101010 10101010 10 100111 1110011111 101111111 1111 1001 1110101100 11000100010011 1000110101010 1011 01101110011110 11 1 1111 1 111010101 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Echos From The Past Are Heard;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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