I Want More Pay by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Want More Pay that begins with:

I want more pay for what it is I do.
'What is it that you do? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abX Xc X dXXXdc X da X XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,2,1,6,1,2,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110011 100111 1011010 10111110011 1 11110011 111 110111101 001010111010010 110 11111100101 10111111011 1011111010011 11011111 01 101 1011011010011 1110 1101101010 1111 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

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  • summary of I Want More Pay;
  • central theme;
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