This is an analysis of the poem Upsetting 'And' Appalling that begins with:
Expressing shock and dismay,
Over embarrassing conduct exposed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaabb bcdadebdf Aac Adbadb befbaadXXXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,3,6,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101 1001001001 101011 1001011 01011 01101 10101110100 011010100 1011110 1010101001 0010010011 1110101 11001100101 1101101100 0 11 0101010 11111000 001000010100 01010110010 11111000 11010 101001 00101101010 1000100 010011 0101010100 10100000100 0101110010 1111010 0111100110 0010001110111 001100 010010110 01001100010 101001010 0101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and is repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of That Temptation To Be Teased
- Analysis of No Excuse For This
