From Dusk To Dawn by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem From Dusk To Dawn that begins with:

You're the heartbreak,
That I never had......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD AEDFDA ABCD AeDFDA DGDH AEDFDA ABCD DfDAXDGDH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,6,4,6,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 11101 0111 1110101 1011 111101 011 1111010 1111 1111 1011 11101 0111 1110101 1011 111101 011 1111010 1111 1111 11111 1111010 1111 0101 1011 111101 011 1111010 1111 1111 1011 11101 0111 1110101 1111 111010 1111 1111 11111 1111010 1111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; me, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word you're 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 me is repeated).

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