More Than Not And Often by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem More Than Not And Often that begins with:

More than not and often it may take,
Something dramatic done to someone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBAa CADE afef ghXg feff hcXh XaBA CADE fX f XXfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111110011 100101011 01000101001 010010111011001 011100010 10110101 01110100100 0110001101010 10011 111111 101010011001 1010100010001 1101111010011 01000001101 01010111110 10010001100100101 0010110001000101 011000111101 01101000101 101011010111 1110101 00101001101 000111101001 01111001000101 01011010011 1111110011 100101011 01000101001 011100010 10110101 01110100100 0110001101010 10111 101111 111111010 110101010100 00 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, you, it are repeated.

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  • summary of More Than Not And Often;
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