No One Benefits Or Receives by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No One Benefits Or Receives that begins with:

Why is it that a certain class of people,
Feel they can free themselves......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCDE fdbbbe ABBCDE gXbbfd dX gX cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101010 111101 0010011101 001101 1011001 01011010100 1101101011 101001 1110 1010001011 1101000101010 00101010100001000100 10010101010 111101 0010011101 001101 1011001 01011010100 1011111 11010 11101001 11100101 10010010101 1010001000010 1100001001000 100010 11 110101 1101010 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of No One Benefits Or Receives;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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