No Place To Go To Let It Show Like It Does by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No Place To Go To Let It Show Like It Does that begins with:

Would you hear my voice,
If this was not available? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdX eeaec ABaedef ccfcXaaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 00110100 111010011 1101010111 110111110 1101 100101101111 10110100 0111 10 11111 00110100 10011010001001 11111001 1011111 011010101 101 1110110100 0101011 010001 111001011 10111111101 000110110 100101101 0010101 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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