The Best Of Images That Represent by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Best Of Images That Represent that begins with:

Expensive is the ongoing investment made,
In ignorance....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCADA DEDEFB bfXab ABCADA DEDEFB eXegefg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001100101 0100 110001010 010111111 101011011101 1101001 110010 0110101101 110010 01010110 1001100 101001110110 11110 01001 10111001 01010010 00010010 010001100101 0100 110001010 010111111 101011011101 1101001 110010 0110101101 110010 01010110 1001100 101001110110 11 1100 010010100 1110110 10111 10010101001101 01000111110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, who, of are repeated.

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