This is an analysis of the poem There Is... that begins with:
There is...discrimination.
And there is...denial, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcccXdXbeadddefghghchfbiicg CG CGXCiG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100000 11100 110 1100010 110001 1110110 010101 111000 110001 1110011 11101 11000110 110110 11011 01011111101 11101010 1100100 1011110 11101 01001 11110 110101 1010111 11111 1100010 11111 110010 010 11 1001 1111110 01001 1111110 01001 1111110 001011 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; there, and, that's are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, and are repeated.
The author used the same word like at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of There Is...;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Who Are You?
- Analysis of Too Late To Compensate For It
- Analysis of We Both Are Pleasured
