This is an analysis of the poem Within Their Midst that begins with:
One needs not to continue,
To attempt to convince others......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbbcb bbdebfb eXXaX gb fbhca hbbX Xgi dciaX Xcbcbgbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,2,5,4,3,5,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 00100110 101100010 10101000 100111 010000010000 0100110100 1011101 01110110 00100010 1010 0101011001 01000100 0100010001001 111010 11 1101011 011000110 110110110 111110 1011101100 101110100 111101011101 1110101010 1101010 0110101010 110 111001 011101011 0101100010 1 1001110 11101 111001 1000100010100 10111 11110011010010 1111110 1 011101000 1111010 11011 00100 010100010 1100 0111 01001110010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Within Their Midst;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of Breaking The Strokes
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