Seek And 'Yea' Shall Find by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Seek And 'Yea' Shall Find that begins with:

Do what?
Validate my background and claims? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbCXdCaef babXXghf g Xghhia hjXgfjaXa EXgdebgac iEXga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,1,6,9,9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10011111 1110100 110 111011 1111 110 10 1101111 1101 101 1110101 1001 10101011 1101 111010110111 01 11111 1111101011 0110101 1110101 111010101 10100101101 110 11010010 1111010010 01 11011 11011101011 1 111101 0100 1011 1111 11111 111110 111111 1101011101101 1 1 111100110101010011 01101 0101010100 010 11111 01101101 10110111101 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines one is repeated).

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