May...Be...A Bit Uneasy With The 'Peeps' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem May...Be...A Bit Uneasy With The 'Peeps' that begins with:

I can understand,
You are overwhelmed and shocked....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdc cccXb XecbXX eXX XXdX bXaX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,3,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 1110111 101 010110 10011 100100000100010 0101101101010 111101 11001100010 101110101011 00101111101 111 110010100 01100010 10111010010010 1011101011 0010 101010 00111110 11 1 11001 010001001 11 1 1101110110 11010101111101 1011 11101010001011011 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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