Sometimes I Break Down In Tears by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sometimes I Break Down In Tears that begins with:

I love my parents and sisters dearly.
I've been the first to their defense....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcd edfcgd hIAE XdbdcjgjXXehIAEf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011010 10010101 1111110100 110 00110001 11011001 1010101 011010011 11010110 1011101 1001 1110110101 111101001111 0111101 11110 1110 101001001 1011011110010 1110100101 001100101001 111110011 01101001011101 1101101000111 0110101 11110 1 11101001111 0111101 11110 1110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    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; i, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sometimes I Break Down In Tears;
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  • history of its creation;
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