Resist Those Bitter Conflicts by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Resist Those Bitter Conflicts that begins with:

Step into a vacuum without lament.
And......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAC AbAC DbEFbEBbEG ADA FbEBbEDAa AbACEG FbEBbEDAaXbbbbbbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,10,3,9,6,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100101 1 1111010101 0101010 1000100101 1 1111010101 0101010 0111010 1 110111 10110101 1 110111 0101101 1 110111 110101 1000100101 0111010 010011 10110101 1 110111 0101101 1 110111 0111010 010011 100101 1000100101 1 1111010101 0101010 110111 110101 10110101 1 110111 0101101 1 110111 0111010 010011 1000101 111101010 1 111101010 1 111101010 1 111101 01000111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

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  • summary of Resist Those Bitter Conflicts;
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  • history of its creation;
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