With An Awakening That Was Done by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With An Awakening That Was Done that begins with:

If I had just one insult to make,
Let it be the one you take......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccd ccbc efeXgd effgXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110101 1000111 11011101 1011010100 10101100 11010111 1001001 10100100 0010110111 01001111010 1100 11101011 1111100 10101 010100111 1011010001 1110 11000101011 101 11011101010 10010010 101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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