What Difference Does It Make by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What Difference Does It Make that begins with:

It doesn't matter if it's all fiction.
Is it explicit? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab X a cX cddec fbce XfbcbfXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,2,5,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101000110 00010 1 1001100010 11 100101 10110101 110 0110 1101111011 0010001101011 1010011 01010101101 11 101 11100101 010001 10010 10011001 1011 1101101001 11001001 11101000 111100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; it, who are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines terror is repeated).

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