No One Comes To Leave Me With Tight Jaws by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No One Comes To Leave Me With Tight Jaws that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdea XXbffaa ABCadX becXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110 01 1101000111 1101101001 0101 10001 110101001 11101111 110101 101001010010 1101011 101011111 111111111 11010110 01 1101000111 1111 110110111100 100110101 11 111011011 110111011 1101011011 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you, to, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases you, no connect the lines.

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