I Have Asked From You Funds Not Direction by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Have Asked From You Funds Not Direction that begins with:

I understand and accept your strategy.
And beliefs you may 'assume'......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXXXbcXadbcXd AcbaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011100 10111100 01100010 11111 110 010110110 011111 11010101 01100101100 11 1011001010 011001001001 11101 11111110011 11011011100 1111011 1010 101110111100 0100101111010 1111101011101 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, have, you are 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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