Who Gets To Benefit by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Who Gets To Benefit that begins with:

What is needed most,
If relationships are to be kept close? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB XX aca X ddcc AB XX Xaa cDCedEDX AB XDccDCXDEDCDEDCACACaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,1,4,2,2,3,8,2,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 0010110011 100 1011100 110101 0111010 0110101 1001011100 1100101001 10110001 11011101 11011001 10101 0010110011 100 1011100 110101011010 111010101 101000101001 111001111 11011001 110101 10 11001 01011100010 11011001 1110101 10101 0010110011 1 1011001 111 1 1011001 110101 1 1011001 01011100010 11011001 110101 1011001 01011100010 11011001 110101 101100 010101 101100 010101 110100 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Who Gets To Benefit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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