What About The Wind And How It Shifts? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What About The Wind And How It Shifts? that begins with:

Explain to me this...
WHY do you continue to be supportive, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccac XdX dd eXfXgX gf dbX X XXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,2,6,2,3,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 11101000010 011011100101 1110101 10011 10111101 11110011110 101101 10011 111 001001 111101 011110 1001000100 111101011 1111111101 01010001 1110111 11010100010 11101001111 11001011011 11011011 11011100100 1010111011 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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