Unsuitable by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Unsuitable that begins with:

Unsuitable.
That which offends, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcc acbcab acddXebeX dbabXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 1101 10100 1011100 0010001010 011111 0100 100010 11101010 101010 010110 010101110 0100 1001010 0010001 1010000101 11110011101 10111 10111010010 0101001001 01001101100 1 1011110 1101110100 11010000101 101011000101 0110010101001 0010011101 01001111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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 unsuitable at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase graces connects the lines.

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  • summary of Unsuitable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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