Not Being An Advocate For Fools by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Not Being An Advocate For Fools that begins with:

With each step of incompetence they take...
Leads them closer to their own demise....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdcb XXXaXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010011 101001101 011111 1100010010010 10111 111000101010 10101010100 110 001101 0010101111 110110011 110100101 1010000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fools connects the lines.

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  • history of its creation;
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