Gang Banged by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Gang Banged that begins with:

So many things,
Are knocking on the heads to bang bang....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCAAD eBXBfBXccXea DCGCFF ABCAADXDCGCFFfcfFF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,6,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 110101011 00100011 11101 10101011 0101001 101010101 011 101011001 011 101010101 011 1011111 0010101 1010101 1011101 10101011 001101 10101010 0011 010111010 0011 111110001 1011101 1101 110101011 00100011 11101 10101011 0101001 10101010 0011 010111010 0011 111110001 1011101 101 100110101 1101 101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, get are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word paid is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines get is repeated).

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  • summary of Gang Banged;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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