This is an analysis of the poem Those Who Betray And Lament that begins with:
At THIS hour of the day.
And with time allowed, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abacbd Aeafdde AXbXgAfd DcDHDBb DcDHDBbGXDcDHDBbG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001 10101 10000101 1111001101 110100011001 0010001101001 11010001 0111011101101 101 0010111 111111001 00100101101001 11001010111 11010001 1010101101 001111110 0101110010 01101001101000100 1010001 111001000010 011101101101 1101101 1 1101101 11 1101101 0110 010 1101101 1 1101101 11 1101101 0110 010 11111100111 1101101 1 1101101 11 1101101 0110 010 11111100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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, those, who, betray, and, lament are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same words and, those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lament is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word pleas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Like The Spoiled Children They Are
- Analysis of A Welcoming Of Their Own Grief
- Analysis of Life Of Contentment
