To Do So Can Be Intimidating by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Do So Can Be Intimidating that begins with:

What is missing from capitalistic wishes?
And desires to prioritize, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbacbaadcacd aXceXcX dX XX cac ccX Xe XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,7,2,2,3,3,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001010 101000101 01101110011 1001101010 1011011101 110010100 1110010011100 11 100001011000101001 100110011101 11110101111101 111011101 11111100100101 1000100100 0010110010101 111001 010 10101100101 11100101101 00101111011 1111010 10011100011 1111 11111 1100 11100101 1 1 01 110101101 11010110 0111010000 1111 11010011 1101 111110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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