Poem Analysis of Told To Tell (Sold To Sell) by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Told To Tell (Sold To Sell) that begins with:

Everyday given to live,
Is a day left to leave......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AABXCC ddeXbb bXdebbdXeX AABXCCb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,10,7,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1011001 001101 1101001001 001001000 1010101 001010101 110111 00101000110 00100010 111100101 1010 11000100001 1 101101110 010101110100 1011 01111101 1010111010010 0111101001010 1000101 0101011101 101000101010 1011001 001101 1101001001 001001000 1010101 001010101 11011101001
Amount of stanzas: 4
Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
Average number of words per stanza: 42
Amount of lines: 29
Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word everyday is repeated.

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Told To Tell (Sold To Sell) by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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