Over-Reacting by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Over-Reacting that begins with:

So many are finally arriving,
To remove disguises and open eyes......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bbbc cdeefe X eegXhg X dff X XhdfXefecbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,1,6,1,3,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100010 0010101101 010101101 001000100 110101101 111110 00101 11110001 111101 01000101 1100100 11001001100 100101 110100100 111011111000 10101101 101010111 11101 1101101010 111110 10100011101 111010111011 11101 011111 1011000111101 10110 111 010110111 111101 1111011 1101101101 111110011110 010001110100010 11111010001 110110101 01101011011 11010111110 11010111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Over-Reacting;
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