Until 'You' Are The One Convinced by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Until 'You' Are The One Convinced that begins with:

Rummaging through rumors,
You might pick worthy to gossip......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbabcabdb cbdefe XX f a gcebgaa bXXXcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,2,1,1,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110 11110010 111110 111101010 01100001 1111001 11010110 11111010101 1110100001 11010 1010011010 011010111 11 111010 1111101101100 11110111 001001010 1010110 1100111010 101101111 1101 1111011101 1101110101 10110101 111110010 1 111 111110 110111101011 101 111111 0101 1 111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; have, to, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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