One Needs To Put A Foot Down by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem One Needs To Put A Foot Down that begins with:

Relying upon another,
Can be the beginning of a strained relationship....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABccccd cdde fecfff ccg ABXXX cbgdXdadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,6,3,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010 1000100010101 01000101 10111 111 1111 0100001100 1110101 101001010 11010011101 1010110101 11011 0010001 11111 100111 001001 0101101 11101011010101 00010111100 11101100101 01001010 1000100010101 0100010100010 111011 111000110010 1101011111 010111 010 001001001001 1010100110 010010 11110101 010011110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines please is repeated).

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