Not Into Game Play by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Not Into Game Play that begins with:

Not into game play.
Not even 'if' I sense it with, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbXcd AAXccd AbXXXe ee AAaaXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 11011100 01010 11101010 01010 01111 11 1110011 1011110111 1010110111 01110101011101 111101011 10011 111 1011110010 0111 110011111 0111111 011100 111 1110011 11 101 111 111101 11111 10111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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