They'Ve Been In Therapy For Years by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem They'Ve Been In Therapy For Years that begins with:

Don't you wish my concerns,
Were more to your pleasing? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdea cacbeff egaXedh ghfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 010110 0111 010101 01110001010 0101001011 11111 001101000 11111 1110000101101 10101001000100 111101010 0010101 1101 110 10010010 1100 01010010 10101 11 11010101011 1001110111 101010001 010111010 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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