Poem Analysis of Insulting by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Insulting that begins with:

I can not believe,
The magic of your artistry....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCD efgXeX feabXgX hi ABCD Xfhfih
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,7,2,4,6,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 11101 01001100 1010001010100 01011101 10111 011010001 1101010 11110011 10100010111 11010 11111110 11100101 11111100 111010100 0101001010 0111010101 1111101 11 10 11101 01001100 1010001010100 01011101 1 0111011 0010101 1111 011111101011 11110100101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
Average number of words per stanza: 27
Amount of lines: 29
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:
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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Insulting by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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