Too Many Times by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Too Many Times that begins with:

Too many times I have heard you crying.
With a sighing done about your life....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD dede fcdf ABCDedX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111110 001010111 1110111111 0010101111011 1101111010 0010010111 11101111010 010101111 11011111101 0010011010 111011110101 1000101110111 1101111110 001010111 1110111111 0010101111011 1110111 0111010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Too Many Times;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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