Stuck In A Web Affected by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stuck In A Web Affected that begins with:

A peace achieved,
Has to be a desire craved on a daily basis....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacX dee ecdfXa EbEeBaAXEBfA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,6,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 10000101101010 0010100001 1010010 1100101 1000110010 1011010101 111010 1110011100101 101100100111 101101010010 101110111101 010110101101 111101001001101 00010111000010 110101001 010101101 110101001 010010111 10010011 1 1001010 110101001 10010011 01 1001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to 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.

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

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