'Something' Is Obvious About It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem 'Something' Is Obvious About It that begins with:

There is a lot of emptiness these days.
People are trying to fill up these spaces, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabXcdebcXfAgcggcgAXXhbfhiadihhAaedXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010011 10110011110 1101100 01010011111 11001111011 100100101101 10010101 10101011 1101010 1110 101 1001010011 10100011001 010110100 111001001001 1011101 0111010 0101010 1001010011 101000100101 11111100101 11110111 110111011 010101101 11011100 0100 10011010100 11100101 000100 111110001 1000100010 1001010011 111001010 110001010100 111101011100 10101010 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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  • summary of 'Something' Is Obvious About It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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