Not Trying To Sell This by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Not Trying To Sell This that begins with:

I don't feel that offended to defend my point of view.
Why would I feel a need to do it? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXd decefg Abhbhcbf cggcb bgachhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,8,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100011101 111101010 11111111 110111111010101 101001011001 1011011101111 101111111010010 1111101101110 1101001101000 111111010010 111111111 11110100011101 01011110 111100100100 1 11111110 111011001 10101 10 110100010111 11010010 0101110111 0111101 0010010010010 111110110 110001 1 11001110010110 1111011110 1010100100 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, me, and, where, to, they are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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