I Don'T Do Demands by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Do Demands that begins with:

I don't do demands!
I 'may' take a request, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A BCD eXXbaeXf gX ABCD hDXXf AggX Xehfbhdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,8,2,4,5,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 111001 100111 10100 111 1111101110 00111111 11011101 110110010 10111110 0101 1 1111001 1111 11101 111001 100111 10100 1 10100 1111 0110100101 10111111010 11101 010011111 111011 1110 111001010 11010011 1 111110 101110111 101 010100010 11100110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of I Don'T Do Demands;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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