This Investigation Has Narrowed, Already by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem This Investigation Has Narrowed, Already that begins with:

No one is going to leave here,
Until a thorough investigation has been conducted....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXae XfeX fbgfa XcfXcX hh gXX agh X hXXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,5,6,2,3,3,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 010100101010010 1111001 1100111 011010 10110000101001001 011 1110100100011111 10 010110 11101 10110011101110 10110011010 11010101 110000100 100110101011 011011111101 10 101100101 10110 110011110010 111111 110111000100100 101110 11111010 110110 1111111 111010011 1 001010110010 10110 1011101010 1110 111001111 11100010 111101010010 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of This Investigation Has Narrowed, Already;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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