This is an analysis of the poem Not On My Side Of Sanity that begins with:
I'm expected to be in place,
For those that are inconsistent? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbaaac ddacbXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100001 11111010 1101001 1111 11101100100 110100 011010 01100101100 001001110 0101110111001 100100101 111001011 11111 11110100 10111101 111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, i'm are repeated.
The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of When I Lead I Do Not Follow
- Analysis of Whatever Works
- Analysis of Preferred As Protective Devices
