Some Will 'dis' This Style by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Some Will 'dis' This Style that begins with:

Some will 'dis' this style,
As unsophisticated....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACACcab AdAdAcce AfAgAGGAE AfAfAGGAEXABACACcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,9,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 1101010 10101 0101010 10101 010111 110101 10001 1010 10101 0101010 10101 0101010 10101 0101010 101010 001 101 0101010 10101 01011 10101 11101 100101 1011 110101 10101 1100010 10101 0101010 10101 11101 100101 1011 110101 10101 1101010 101 0101010 101 010111 11010 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word up at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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