Much More Fascinating by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Much More Fascinating that begins with:

Amongst those things I most dislike,
Are the lies people tell to sell them sold......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbcddXa XcaeX f X ggabhifX XhX gi afhhX Xefag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,1,1,8,3,2,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 1011010101 0101011 1010110001 10101 010101 0011110111 10110101 11111001000 11011010 11110 1 101 1101 1011 11001111000 111111 111001 0010111 01100111001 011101010111 11011000101 0100011 101110 1100 111100010010 1001011 1 011 1111 1010101011 0001011 011010 101011010100 1000 1 111 111111110 110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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