In A Relationship To Address by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In A Relationship To Address that begins with:

You have already shown to me,
Your main focus is on yourself....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXb AaXX AbXb Xbccab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11100110 1100 1100100 11010101 1111100001001 111110 1011100 11010101 1101100 11110111 10110100010 111010111 111110101110 11011110 11001111 1111010111 000101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word you 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 me is repeated).

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