This is an analysis of the poem My Mind Had Been Wasted Many Times that begins with:
The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
'How would you know? '...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X XXX X aXXXX X XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,1,5,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 0100100101 11111 111010101 101110101010 01111110010 1111001101 101010010010 01010101110 0111010011111101 01111010 0010101111 11001100101 1101011111111 11101010110100 11011001101110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of The Art Of Life
- Analysis of Above And Beyond Disbelief
- Analysis of I Have Had Enough Of It
