In A 'Not' Understanding Mood by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In A 'Not' Understanding Mood that begins with:

What position do I hold?
Well......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCDEAFAGaH XhaXiX ifibCDEAFAGaH XX hi XX bchaX XXifXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,13,2,2,2,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1 10110010 01100 01001 10010011101 010101 0001000010001 11 1 0001111001 1 1110011 1010001011 1011110 11 10101011 1 111 1010011 1 10110010 01100 01001 10010011101 010101 0001000010001 11 1 0001111001 1 00101101010111 0111 1110011 1 111 1 011111011 111000 00110101 11110101 1 10110111 110100111 111110 101101 1101001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of In A 'Not' Understanding Mood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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