Like One Does As You Did by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Like One Does As You Did that begins with:

Like one does as you did.
You might have felt, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbbabbXa AbXXcaXcXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1111 0100101 011010100 1101011 101011010 101110001 00110100101 111100101011 001111110 111110 010110101001 110010101101 11000010010101 1010101010 111111101 1111100011 1011101 11111001 100 11010100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; to, as, you are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines did is repeated).

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  • summary of Like One Does As You Did;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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