Some Premeditate What They Say by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Some Premeditate What They Say that begins with:

When I speak,
I am not team motivated....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcX AXcdb aXXX XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 11111010 111101001 00101001010 111 011101 11010011 111111101000010 011101 11111 110010110100 10101111 1001101101011 110 11111101 11001110 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Some Premeditate What They Say;
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  • history of its creation;
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