This is an analysis of the poem Shallow Upfront And Hollow Underneath that begins with:
The first time I became aware,
A declared friend couldn't say or spell......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcc daXaX eddbcd cbXXcXcc XecXffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,8,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 001110111 11010 111101001111 01000101010101 11011011 010100010100 01111011111101 1 111010 111101 11011 000111 1111101 0101010100 010111001 100010101 1101001011 1111010 1010000001 1011011001010 010100 1011111 110101 101100 10110100101 11111001011 1010011101011 010011101 1101011110101 01111100 11101001 1100110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Shallow Upfront And Hollow Underneath;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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