This Feeling Does Not Linger by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem This Feeling Does Not Linger that begins with:

As strange as my name...
I can't describe this feeling....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC deXdX ADAFa dfXeX ADAFaXABACd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1101010 11010101 0101110 111111 1101111 11110101 11110 111111 1111111 111101 1110010 11001 0 1110111 111101 111101 111101 01 1111111 111101 1110010 11001 0 11111 1101010 11010101 0101110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of This Feeling Does Not Linger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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