Payback Isn'T Always In The Seeking by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Payback Isn'T Always In The Seeking that begins with:

What is it with those,
Who boo and hiss efforts of some people......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXacdce XdbfgX faX cebbdf XXXeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,3,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001 1111100110 010011001010 1101101101001 0010101110010 0101011 1011011000101 110101010010010 111011011011 101000101 00100010100 1100110010001 01100101111 10011001001001 0101111 1010010010100001 1010011110010 111101100111011 11101001110100 11111011 1 1010110100 10100111 100 101011010 1111010010011001 1 11111 111101110100 010011010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 is repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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