This is an analysis of the poem I'M Not Convinced that begins with:
I'm not convinced,
That you really believe......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCAA ABCAAA DCAABC DCAABCAAE fXfc fcdX ABCAAAE AGBAGBheXXABCAAhE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,9,4,4,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 111001 11101011 010100 010100 0101 111001 11101011 010100 0101 00 111 1111 1100110 0101 111001 11101011 111 1111 1100110 0101 111001 11101011 0101 00 11 11 1101111 1101 110101 111 11001111 10111 011110 0101 111001 11101011 010100 0101 00 11 1101 1101010 01001 1101 1101010 01001 110100 11010 11110001 0101 111001 11101011 010100 0101 00 11
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.
The author used the same words i'm, what 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Arguing Against Kept Perceptions
- Analysis of Seldom Heard Complaining
- Analysis of I Haven'T Heard You In Days
