This is an analysis of the poem Those Who Suspect Reflect that begins with:
It's not enough to be patient,
To donate a tolerance that's subdued....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC DEAd ACABAFF ggfg aDEAd ABAC ACABbAFFXABbAFF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,5,4,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010010 0110100101 01010010 010101 101011010 10101101 10111110 110001111001 110101 111101 110101 101101 110101 101000010 001011010 01010001 0011011 11010001 00100101 1 101011010 10101101 10111110 11000110101 01010010 0110100101 01010010 010101 110101 111101 110101 101101 1 110101 101000010 001011010 110101 101101 1 110101 101000010 001011010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, who, people, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word people is repeated.
The author used the same word those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word permission at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Those Who Suspect Reflect;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of A Commitment To Uselessness
- Analysis of You Do The 'Mongrel' Thing
- Analysis of You Have No Idea
