Pregnant Pauses by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Pregnant Pauses that begins with:

Whatever it is,
To be agreed upon to exist......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBBCDEFG ahcXXgijbk kX a aX eXigjjchjjXjc bX cj ABBBCDEFG X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,2,1,2,13,2,2,9,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000 000101001 010001000 010101 11000100010 1010010101 1101001 11000010 1101011111 010100101010 10101001 010110 011010 110100010 01001 001001010100 1010001011010 11001 10101010 11110 001001011010 10 111010 11101010100 1 11101001 110100 1010100101111 001 11101 0010010001011 10111 11111111001 111 10111110101 1101 11111011 1111111 01001011000 01100101 1100011010 11000 000101001 010001000 010101 11000100010 1010010101 1101001 11000010 1101011111 11101101111 00100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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