This is an analysis of the poem Reptilian Genes that begins with:
It knows it bites.
But unaware it poisons....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX aaaa babaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 1101010 0101000 10110001 010101 11000100010 010110 111 1001011 011001 11011 111001101 10
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 13
- 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and are repeated.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of With Or Without A Desire To Dismiss Your Anguish
- Analysis of Declining Forgiveness
