Produced To Reduce Suspicions by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Produced To Reduce Suspicions that begins with:

One can only fake a doing of 'that' undone,
To express vehemently in dramatic fashion......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXba cbXdeb XcdfXX fbf eXaX efD dDfdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,3,4,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100101 0010100001010 000100110010 1111001 100101001010 1010001101010 0101101 1110100 1011011000 0100100011100 0111110101 00100001001010 1 11110010010 11101011011 1100001001 11111100110 001001011101001 11010010101 11110001 111010100 11 11101111 111010110010 11111 1 0111000100101 01011 10111101010010 01011 110111 0111010100 11000101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, and are repeated.

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

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