Shells Hard To Crack by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Shells Hard To Crack that begins with:

I have had concerns to openly express.
With belief honesty, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcXc eedfeac Xafeac eaaaXX X X eddafXc X Xbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,6,1,1,7,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010001 001100 10101100001 1101 1110001 1101011000 1010111101 110111001101 0010001100010010 01000111 1011101001 01011101 11001 01100110101 10111111001 0010101001000 0101101011 0101010111010 1110 001111001010 11 110100100010010 111010 1111100 0110011001110 0110010110110 111 1 11 1101111 10111101110 11000010101 11101 11 111001 1101000111 1 01000 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of Shells Hard To Crack;
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