How Archaic Can They Be? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem How Archaic Can They Be? that begins with:

Only children not given attention,
Are out of control....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCC dadcceXXXe FAG ABCC fadgfgfdXge fhehfe FAGXABCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,3,4,11,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110010 11001 101101 1111101 1010001 011010 101 010100 011001 111010111 1011100 0101111101 011100010 101001010101 1010110 1001110 000101010 1010110010 11001 101101 1111101 1100101 10100001010 10010101 1111110 0101101 101010010110 001010101011001 1010101 0 11101010 11011101 0100110110101 01001110001 0101001010101 010001001100001 100101 10101 1010110 1001110 000101010 1010110010 11001 101101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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.

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