You Want To Win, Place 'And' Show by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Want To Win, Place 'And' Show that begins with:

I want to share with you.
Not compete....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcddeeABXfbcbABfXXXXcaeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 101 101100101001 01011010 110100010 0111 01110100 110101 101 1000010010111 1110101 101000100110111 1011101 10101100001 110101 101 111010001 1100011010 0010111011100101 011001110111 1111111000111 11001001001 1101111 011011110 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 834
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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, you, i, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of You Want To Win, Place 'And' Show;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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