This is an analysis of the poem Serious Business that begins with:
I could have found a better way,
To say everything I've said....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa Xa aXb Xba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 0110111 111111001 1111110100 01011 1011 11101 011011 111100101 01110010100 11010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.
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- summary of Serious Business;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Don'T Rush Through The Process
- Analysis of In The Pursuit Of 'Things'
- Analysis of So Much Can Be Accomplished
