To See Which One Is Better Suited To Lead by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To See Which One Is Better Suited To Lead that begins with:

I can't be the only one witnessing this,
With uninhibited curiosity....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX X bX XcadcdaX dX dX d X XX eX Xce afX dg eXgX da ffX bd dcXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,8,2,2,1,1,2,2,3,3,2,4,2,3,2,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001011000 01010010100 1001111011 11111 101011010010 1 10100101 1001000010 1 1110001001111 011010100111010 11010010 101010011 00011 1001 10011 1110011 011 111101010011 010 1 110101 1010110011 111111 110101111 1100101 1101010 010101001 0010100 11 101100010010 111100110100101 1010110100 111010111111 0010001100 1110111011011 101000 11 11 1100 1011000 11101101 1111100 01000111010111 1011 110101010 010111001 10001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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