This is an analysis of the poem Now Matter How Nice It Was that begins with:
There was a time in my life,
When I would rather write than talk....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcb XdXace fdfXeXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011 11110111 1111 11110 0101100 10100101 110110 01101011 110101010100 110100111 101011111 1001101 1100101101000 101010101 01001011110 11010101010101100 1010101101 00100101111 101011101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is 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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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Remaining Socially Illiterate
- Analysis of The Veils
- Analysis of To Share With Others Unafraid
