With An Acceptance Of This More Invited by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With An Acceptance Of This More Invited that begins with:

You think I am arrogant?
Too self assured with confidence? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXacd daXabad X cXXdXXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 11010100 111011111100 0101001101010101 1010111101 10101011 0 01111101101 0011101011010 11111001 0111100100100 1110100010 00110111001010 01010001010 11110110111 1111110111001 01000100110100 1010011110100 1010011101001 111001010 11111010100 101100010001 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • 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; i, and, you are repeated.

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

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