I'Ve Just Come Back From Having A 'Moment' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Just Come Back From Having A 'Moment' that begins with:

When I sit and visit with nature,
In a surrounded quietness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXc dXdcXe AdXfg dcebbHbHf X c gX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,9,1,1,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110010 00010100 1100101101010 1011 0101001010 1001110111 0101001100 111010 10101 01011 001111 111110010 1110100111 11010010001111 10010110111001 11 011100101 010110101 1011111101 11110111010001 01001101 11110110 111011 11110110 1111101 1101111 11111 1110010 1100 10101011 11111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i, peace are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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