You Don'T Know The 'None' Of It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Don'T Know The 'None' Of It that begins with:

You don't know the 'none' of it.
Guess work does not make it exist....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabXAb AXca ccaabdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101000 11111001 011101 11001111 11101000 101101101 11101000 11111010 11111 1001110 101010111 111011101 111101000 111010111 1101110111 110101 0011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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