It Matters Not The Fame by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem It Matters Not The Fame that begins with:

A down spiral in denial,
Is foul to weaken souls....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXab cdXd Bbdc deae BcXc BbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100010 010101 111001 1010101 010101 10101 1101001 11011101 01011100 110101 010101 1011101 1101 00101010 1101010 1110101 1101110 1011100 010101 1011101 1010101 0100010 010101 0010001 1010101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word affection at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of It Matters Not The Fame;
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