Had Once Been Delivered To Others As Given by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Had Once Been Delivered To Others As Given that begins with:

If given a voice attention to listen...
Ears open with silent lips, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcc adefX dbfaX deaXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010010 1100101 11011010 11101 10101001 0010010110 11 01000010 11010111 110101 100101010111 100010100 0011101 1110111 101000011100 1111010010101 00111001 110010010110 01100 101001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Had Once Been Delivered To Others As Given;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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