Leaving Behind Any Expectations by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Leaving Behind Any Expectations that begins with:

I have yet to find it,
Constructive, productive 'or' beneficial......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaabdee fgde XXhfhXXeb fgdeXed eeaced aXXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,9,7,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 01001011010 0101010010 10100010100111 00100101001 01110001 10101010101010 10100110100 11010111001110 100 1 11 1 10101 1100011001100 111011010010 1011101001 01111 1101101 11110011110110 111100111010 111110010011 100 1 11 1 1110110001011100100 001010110101 0010011010101111 101010100 1111101 01000111111010 0110010 1111111101001 0100111111010 1110101010 11011100 11110101000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, i, it are repeated.

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