With Anticipation Growing As Those Holidays Approach by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab XcXX dXefd ghefX c X aece hhXebebXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,5,1,1,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 110 101 1 11101 0010100 011001111 110100101 000010101110101 10111110100 0011101 01101010 111 111 111110 1110011110111 11 10111 1110111 11100111011110 10111010100 01011110100101 111001011 1111011 11110001 1 01111011011 1110010100001 11110100010 1110111 11011101111 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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