Often The Most Outrageous by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Often The Most Outrageous that begins with:

If I am troubled,
And my issues......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXaa XcdedXdcceXffd afXdbd dccfa cX Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,14,6,5,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 1110 110110 11 00101 11100011 01 110 0101010 00010 1011100 001011011 111110111010 111010100 0011100101 0111001 1 11011011 1110010010100 0100 01110001010 1 100100 0101010 11001010 101010111 1101100111010 001100011 0010001 0011111 00010010100 01 1010100 1011111 010011010110 00101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; my is repeated.

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  • summary of Often The Most Outrageous;
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  • history of its creation;
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