These Days 'Everything' Seems To Be Shaky by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem These Days 'Everything' Seems To Be Shaky that begins with:

We all seem to be needing,
Some sort of life support these days....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEB FGBGGg ABCDEB eaeadc FGBGGg XXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110010 11010111 0110010100 011010 111001 1001001 11001 11011100010 1101 100101101 110101101 010010001101 1110010 11010111 0110010100 011010 111001 1001001 101101 0010101010 0010101 10110111010 10101110001 0010000101011 11001 11011100010 1101 100101101 110101101 01001000110101 11100010010 00101100 010010 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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