This is an analysis of the poem Have I Ever Been Unreasonable? that begins with:
I have never been one to proclaim,
I......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcccdeac XdXfd cbXXgb eafcXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001001 1 101 1011 11011010 011111001 1 1 111 1111111010 11010 111111 11 110111010 111001 011110001110 101 110010 110100 111111010 01010 111000100 11 01001110100100 101110 1 1111010 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Have I Ever Been Unreasonable?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Surfacing Misdeeds
- Analysis of Beyond The Testing Of Accepting Mentalites
- Analysis of Needless To Say But I Must Anyway
