What 'Is' Would In Thin Air Disappear by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What 'Is' Would In Thin Air Disappear that begins with:

Anyone can install shutters,
On an opened window....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXa XXcd ad ccX X cXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,2,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110 111010 011110 11 101001 1111 100100101 0110010 01100110 00110101 10010001 11 11001 11110110100 101011000100 11111101011 11001001 111011101 1 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; it is repeated.

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