This is an analysis of the poem In For Quite A Surprise that begins with:
He is not perceived to be a leader.
And perhaps the reason for that is......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccb XXdbeceb XebXXXcc Xaaceb XbX ccXcc cd XXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,6,3,5,2,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100010 101010110 11111101 1011011 00111111 1111101 1101000 010010010 111111 101010101 0111010101 01111010 11101 0101100 11111111 11000101000100 11011 010010 11010100010 1110010110011101 010101100111 011001 1010111001 1010110 1100111110 1111000011111 001110101001101 11110 1 11011001 10101111 111 111 1111 11101 1 11100101 01101011001 1111111 1110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; he, and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, he are repeated.
The author used the same word he 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 that is repeated).
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- summary of In For Quite A Surprise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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