If It Had Not Been For Chemistry by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If It Had Not Been For Chemistry that begins with:

I have never been here before.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA ddbb XeXf fXXe ABCA XfaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 00111 0100111 10101101001 1001111010 00111001 11111 01001101 011110101 1111010 110111 00100011101 11101 111011110 11101010 11111101 11100101 00111 0100111 10101101001 101101100 11111100101 1010111001101 110101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; to, you are repeated.

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