Prepared To Deliver The Goods by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Prepared To Deliver The Goods that begins with:

Can we and could we,
with a should......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdX AebXeX fbXXAbcbAdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 001 1110 101110 111010 1010001001010 11 0101010001 0101001010010 101001100 0100100 010001101 11010010 111010 010010111 11 111001 110 1 11 001 01101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, we are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word can at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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