High That Five by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem High That Five that begins with:

High that five up,
High that five....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAAB ABAAB CCCDDB ABAAB ABAAB CCCDDB CCCDDB BBBEEB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,5,5,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111 101101 1111 111 1111 111 101101 1111 111 11 111 01011101 111010 1110 001 1111 111 101101 1111 111 1111 111 101101 1111 111 11 111 01011101 111010 1110 001 11 111 01011101 111010 1110 001 111 111 111 111 111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; up, high, that, five are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words high, give are repeated.

    The author used the same words high, you 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 up, it, five, some are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words five, believe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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