Where To Locate The Evidence by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Where To Locate The Evidence that begins with:

One need not go to distances far,
To trap a rat with a doing to reveal......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXX XX de XXfX aa Xccbdf Xgf XhXfijacj hiX jgb eXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,4,2,6,3,9,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001 01010010001 110001 10110001100 10110100 100111101010 11101110110011 011010 111 111010 1101111 111011011 11110101 111 1111110010101 1 1111111 11010 11111101 110 110110011110 1 101110010101 100100100 1 11010 1 111001010 001110 1110 01011111 1011 011111 110 11110 11111 011111 11 110111101 111 11010110 1111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • 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:

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

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

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