Under Pressure And Under Stress by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Under Pressure And Under Stress that begins with:

Under...
Pressure....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaAbCBDcC AEAFGBCH AEAFGBCHXaaAbCBDcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10 110 1 1101101 0111 010001 1 111011 111010 010100 11010 101001 010010010 0010 001 00101001 111010 010100 11010 101001 010010010 0010 001 00101001 10 10 110 1 1101101 0111 010001 1 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3

  • 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 author used the same word someone's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word give at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Under Pressure And Under Stress;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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