Many 'Boos' Have Been Booted by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Many 'Boos' Have Been Booted that begins with:

Many 'boos' have been booted,
With their hearts left in pain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAX aBaX bXAXa ABAX aBXAXaXCDA aBAX XCDaXDA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,10,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 011101 1011010 00111010 1 1010100101 111010 00111010 111010111011 1111011111111 1011010 10111010 10 1011010 011101 1011010 00111010 1 1010100101 1001111011 1011010 00111010 1 1110101100 10110100010111 111100010001 10010 11011010 011101 1011010 00111010 11110101100 10110100010111 111100010001 110110010 11 111100010001 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; have, been are repeated.

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

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