No More Will I Hear Those Woes You Sow by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No More Will I Hear Those Woes You Sow that begins with:

When I leave you...
Not a step will I take to make going backward, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcX aXAc bbaaaaaXbAcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 101011011010 0010001 011101 11111 101011101 1111 11101 111111111101 11111011101 1110111111 1 1 01111 101101011 1 1111 101010111 111 110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of No More Will I Hear Those Woes You Sow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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