Unless Crayons Are Available by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Unless Crayons Are Available that begins with:

Does a renovation done to a merry-go-round,
Add another dimension to the environment it is in? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc adbd abXb CXX CXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101001011 1010010000100000 1010101 110101001100101 0101010 110100100010 0011110111 111010001 0010101010101 010011001010101 10010001 1111 0100101 1110110 1111 0101 10101011001 01 111010000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

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

    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 words does, these at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Unless Crayons Are Available;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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