It Isn'T As It Was by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem It Isn'T As It Was that begins with:

Anything broken can be fixed.
If not replaced to forget regret....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbc dXdae X cFX gghX Fdh fddX cc eadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,1,3,4,3,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 011100101 101 110100111 111011101 1010010111 101001011001 011101011110 11110011 001010 100101 100 101 1110100 1101 11 11 111011101101 101 1100101101 11110100101 1010001 101011 1111010 1010101010 111011100 1000101 1111010 000 1111101001 10100110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase time connects the lines.

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