We Live In A Democracy by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem We Live In A Democracy that begins with:

I agree with you.
Sometimes I do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAA bcb DDEFD DGDDD HX DDEFD DGDDD HXei cd fhee cjjddidXAAAAab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,5,2,5,5,4,2,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 0111 101 111 111010001 111000111 11111011 011101 1010111 1000110 1001111011 0011101 011010 10010110111 1111011101 1110 101 10111101 110001001 011101 1010111 1000110 1001111011 0011101 011010 10010110111 1111011101 1110 101 10111101 110001001 1111001111 1110001110001 1111 1111010 1111010011 1101011 11111010 110001011010 111 11100110 11 1101010 101111 100111001 11111111 10101 0111 101 111 111 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of We Live In A Democracy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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