Something To Get Done For Somebody by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Something To Get Done For Somebody that begins with:

Many people have done one thing,
Most of their lives....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXAAAbXXb bXXbXXcXXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 1011 11101111 11101111 11101111 011101001 01101010 11100010 1110 111110111 110010011 10100100101 01011 101111001011 0101110101 10101 111110100100 100111110 0101100100 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; go is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words get, those are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines home is repeated).

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  • summary of Something To Get Done For Somebody;
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