Thisclosetothat And Not Know by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Thisclosetothat And Not Know that begins with:

I did not take with intent to undo with a purpose,
That which you accepted as a doing done understood....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb bcda XbXX adXX X b cXbX X cXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,1,4,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110010010010 11101010101101 1101001011001 101011011000001 111101001001 001001011011010 11100101 101000111000100 11111110011011 010100100011001 110111010000111 0101111110101010 01111111100 00100100111011 111101000 1101110100101011 11 1101111 111101010 1010110100 1001001101 100001001000 011010 11 110111111 0010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Thisclosetothat And Not Know;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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