Sneaky Peeks Out Of Windows by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sneaky Peeks Out Of Windows that begins with:

Can you handle scandal?
Or innuendos, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC dcXde ABC cccXbcXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 10010 001001111 111010101 0111010001 1111111 0100111 1001010101 111010 10010 001001111 1011111101 101101 0100101010 1101101 1101011010 110111 101 011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word can at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Sneaky Peeks Out Of Windows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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