Having The Best by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Having The Best that begins with:

Having the best may mean,
Having less than someone else....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abccded XbcX cXbbcccc AecXeXccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 1011111 1101001 1010010 1101101 101000110 11010101 111001011 1010001 101110010 1110101010 1100010101 110100001 11100 001011101 01110 101010011101 011101 0101001111 100111 1001010 1110001101 11101011110 0011100101 0100111 1111 1110010111 1001001001 010110100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; having is repeated.

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

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