To Fiddle With A Nothing To Do To Get Done by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Fiddle With A Nothing To Do To Get Done that begins with:

Early in my life,
I became inquisitive about it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbc dbea bfedfc cb ebggXhhd fififiXFIFIFIee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,2,8,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011 1010100010 11110111 000100010100 11011 1101001111 11101 101100101 10011100 10010111 1010101001 10 10 010010 100110011101 1110100 10011101 111101001001 10111010100 110111100 111011010 0010010111010 10010 011100 111101011 101001 1101011 1011101 1011 010001001011 001010101011 01011001011 001010101011 01011001011 001010101011 01011001011 0101110111 1101011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines normalcy, forever are repeated).

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