No One Has Shed A Teardrop by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No One Has Shed A Teardrop that begins with:

I was once told what I did was not correct.
I could do it another way, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccadadXXdaaabXbbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101101 11100101 110101 111001 1110001 1110100001 11001 001100110 101101101 11010101 1111 101111 101111 1101001 100 10101 011101100 1011111 1101001011 1111010011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 587
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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.

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

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

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  • summary of No One Has Shed A Teardrop;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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