Who Would Know The Difference by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Who Would Know The Difference that begins with:

Let's make it up as we go along.
'Make up 'what' as we go along 'where'? '...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A X b XbX acdcec dXXeeAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,3,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 11111101101 1100101 1 1101001 11 0101111110 000100110 1101 11110001 11110110010 01111101001 11 11010011 1 1010 110 110111101 11101001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, let's are repeated.

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