Faking Love And That's All by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Faking Love And That's All that begins with:

People think that love is easily made.
And if it's not to their taste, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD CECD ADBDBDaf ADBDBDaF ABCD CECD ADBDBDaF EDEG EDEGXEG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,8,4,4,8,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101001 1001011 11110101 100111 1101101101 11111010 01111 100111 100101010 01001 110100010 01001 11110 01001 1 11101011 100101010 01001 110100010 01001 11110 01001 1 11011101 1011101001 1001011 11110101 100111 1101101101 11111010 01111 100111 100101010 01001 110100010 01001 11110 01001 1 11011101 0111010 01001 10101110 101111 0111010 01001 10101110 101111 10101110 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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