These Days'Re Fast In Their Passing by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem These Days'Re Fast In Their Passing that begins with:

These days are fast in their passing!
And unforgiving....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA bcdXeffd AA ggbhec AAiXc AAdXXgihd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,2,6,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 10010 11010001 00111 10101010 0101111010 101 1101 111001 0101010 11110110 10010 10100101 0110101 0111111 100111101 10101 00101011 11110110 10010 10101110 10011011 10111101 11110110 10010 1010101110 11101111 01101111 1101010010011 11001011 001111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of These Days'Re Fast In Their Passing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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