They Are Waiting For Him To Fail by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem They Are Waiting For Him To Fail that begins with:

They are waiting for him to fail!
'Who? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XX b cXcdefX gff heigbX ddhafXXfd diXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,7,3,6,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 1 1011011 101110 111010100 1111011 1010101 1101011 110011 0111 01110110 11010111 110101010 10101000110010 01101010 101110011 101101 11010011001 11000010 01101111 11011001010 010101010 110 011101 001010110 01011110011 10011100100101 11001101 0001 1101 10011100001 101001001010 01111010100 110001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

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

    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; to is repeated.

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