No! I Don'T Think So by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No! I Don'T Think So that begins with:

Did I learn to be respectful,
With a doing of my very best......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXCB dD ecXcf bbfeXXc ABCB dDXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,5,7,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01100010 001001101 010001011 011101010010 010101100101 0101101000101 1 1111 0110010111 01101000111 011010101000 010010011011 11000101 01101011100100 01001100110011 0011011 101110101010101 1101011 1010011010 1100101 01100010 001001101 010101100101 0101101000101 1 1111 111101010110 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word did at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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