Needless To Say But I Must Anyway by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Needless To Say But I Must Anyway that begins with:

You have made one very huge mistake.
You believed my want and desire for you......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE dedbb XbffXXABCDE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101 10111101011 0001001 10 110101 111011 01111001 011111 001001111 110111111 1001111101 11101011 1001 101 1010111111 111110101 10111101011 0001001 10 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; you, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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