Offered And Ignored by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Offered And Ignored that begins with:

Selected to lead and not debate.
Choosing not to wait, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABCB daXda abXXbaABCB XXbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,10,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011101 10101 0011000101 111010 1001011001 10101001011 110001 1010010101 1110110 011001 1 01110010 011011101 101 01 1101 10101 0011000101 111010 1001011001 10101111111 1110110101001 1111010 10110 0110101 000101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, he are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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