Flaunt That Stuff by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Flaunt That Stuff that begins with:

It doesn't matter who else expresses what.
If you've got it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB BAB cAacdaXab AAB BABadB ABaBXbXaAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,9,3,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010110101 0110 1111 01010111101 0110 1111 10010100001 0110 10111 111111001001 01110111 00110 10010 1111101 11 01010110101 0110 1111 01010111101 0110 1111 1110 011 111 10110 111 11010 111 1001 1111 1101 1111 10110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; it is repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word stuff at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Flaunt That Stuff;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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