Take All The Time You Need by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Take All The Time You Need that begins with:

We have it here on your 'record'.
Theft of a candy bar, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab cX Xded defX Xgbb DX gcdd DdhXX chfh DgX b XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,4,4,2,4,5,4,3,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 100101 00101001 10101 11101 111101 11111010001 110010001 1100110 11011111 111 11000101001 00110010010 111101010110 110010010 11010101010101 111010110100110 011010 1110111 10010010111100 11 1000100011 11101 001101110010 1110111 010100010 01010110110 11110101 1111001 10100011 11111101 100010 101000010011 1110111 110010011 1111001 1111 1 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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