Only That Which Is Nibbled With A Sniffing Wished by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Only That Which Is Nibbled With A Sniffing Wished that begins with:

The relativity of one's acquired taste,
Is influenced by one's environment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXaa aaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100010101 0100110100 0100101010 101001100110 1 1000 110011010 0101000101 101101000101 1001010110101 100010100 10100001011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Only That Which Is Nibbled With A Sniffing Wished;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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