This is an analysis of the poem Perhaps That's Why that begins with:
This should not come as a surprise,
Since I wear no disguises......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aabcdab AeaeddcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01111001 1111010 1011101 111100011 101101 111100 011110 01111001 11110001010 111110111 1101111010 11011001 010011 011111111 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, i are repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Perhaps That's Why;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of If It Fits
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- Analysis of Dimmer Gets The Light
