Make Sure The Camera Is On Your Best Side by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Make Sure The Camera Is On Your Best Side that begins with:

I once had it said to my face
That I did not 'act' right...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddaefa eegXc hcXagchb ehfeeg dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,8,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 110111 1111010010 0011 0110101 0110011 111111001 011001010 100100110 01100011011 110110 011011010 1100111110 01000101001001010 1010101001000 011111 1111001110 11111001 001011 1001011110 110100 1111 01110001 111100101001 1110110 10101111111 100100011111 111101001011 1101111 110100011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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