The Rumored Version by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Rumored Version that begins with:

I don't find the need to apologize anymore,
To those who have expressed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcXdecefebbeXeafd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100101101 011101 11101001101 11110100001001 1110111011 111111100100 101001101010 00101001101000 01100010111 110101110011100 1110101111001 010110 111001010 110 110111010 10110101111 01110101 11110101010 011011 1011100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 828
  • Average number of words per stanza: 153
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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