Tight Thigh Holders Strapped To Stomach Wraps by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Tight Thigh Holders Strapped To Stomach Wraps that begins with:

One 'chronologically' aging,
In years that clearly appear....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdef egedefdgf aXeXgcd cX bffe XcXdeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,7,2,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110000010 0011001 001101 101000111 10100100001 01111010101 100100 11101000100100 1010110100 101010000101 01101010 110011110 0101001001 010001110100 011010 10101101010010 011010101 1001001011 1101111 10100010100 010100010 1101001101 111010 11011111 1 11110 111111010 10100 1110 1111011011 11011101001 010111010 1111010101 111111000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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