This is an analysis of the poem They Should Not Be Permitted that begins with:
It's out there exposed and revealed.
And within reach, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXacXdeXcdaeaf X afeb X eX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,1,4,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101101 1011 1100100011010 1 0101011 001101 010101000 0110001100 1101010 001000010 1 01111001 0101001010 11110010 0101011110 0101010 10101001 1011 11 11110 001011010 101010111 111110 1 100110100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Those Preferences Kept
- Analysis of Not To Anyone Else Mentioned
- Analysis of In Fear To Hear Or Face Reality
