I'Ll Never See You As Cupid by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I'Ll Never See You As Cupid that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABcDEF EAFcGA EDcHG EAFcGA EDcHG XcXXcXX AABcDEF fcfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,5,6,5,7,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 110 110011 0 110100 1011100 0111 101 110 110011 0 1110101 100011100101 1110111 1111010 1 11011100 011011101 101 110 110011 0 1110101 100011100101 1110111 1111010 1 11011100 011011101 111111101 01101011 1110111000101 1101010001 1 101 010 110 110 110011 0 110100 1011100 0111 1 11011 11011110 1111 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; minutes, to, that, you are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines minutes is repeated).

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