Keeping A Confusion Used by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Keeping A Confusion Used that begins with:

They want to stand on a land,
They refuse others to stand on....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB cXcb XXBAXABABBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 10110011 1101101 10110011 11010101010 111 110101010 111011010 00010011 11 0010101 1000101 1101101 10110011 1101101 10110011 0010101 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; they, to, stand, on are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Keeping A Confusion Used;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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