Résumé Of Deeds To Be Acknowledged by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Résumé Of Deeds To Be Acknowledged that begins with:

There are many who wear their affectations,
On their sleeves....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcd dadebd bdX Xcfdea bcfd XcX ae baX b XX dfbegdbXeXagd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,6,4,3,2,3,1,2,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111000 111 111001 111010110010 01001101010 111110001 110000011001 110010 0111101 10111001 00101011001 11110111 1 1111 1 111110101 101101 1110110101 0111 110001110010 1110101001 101 11110100101 010100010 1 110111010 1100001001 1 1 11 110110110 11110 11 1 1010 1 111011011 01 1 01111 110 1111 010100100 1 1010 1 01001 1010101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; i, to, what are repeated.

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