Observe The Quality Of Your Way Of Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Observe The Quality Of Your Way Of Life that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEEFghdiag gjfXi cfXcdkk aefcedfXABCDEEFghjkg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,5,7,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001 1111010 0110111 01001 10101101 1011010 110101 11000100 001011010010 0111 110101011 1111 111111 0011010010001 110101101010 10010100 01001 10110101 01010001101 100011101 10011101 1111101 001011 111010100 001000100 10001 10111101 100011001100 00100110 1101101 11010 11110 001 1111010 0110111 01001 10101101 1011010 110101 101000100 110111 0100110 10100100 1001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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