This is an analysis of the poem Useless Reminiscing that begins with:
There are those who identify with quantity.
To fill a necessary space......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbc dcddcX acccbcX beXedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101010100 01010101 010 01101100 1100010111 01000001 11001 100010010 01100110111 1010110010 110111001 01000100 100101001 101101 1011001000 01010010 100101101 101 00111 0101001010 10011001 101010 1100 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; in, that, to are repeated.
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- summary of Useless Reminiscing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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