A Delivery Of An Accepted Life To Live by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Delivery Of An Accepted Life To Live that begins with:

Those finding themselves annoyed?
Choose to be....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXX cdbdXb XcXXXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 100 10100 110111 1011111 010 1010101010 101011010 110010010 11011 101101110 01010111011 10111100 11010 11100100 110001101 0010001010101 1 010010101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; too, much are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Delivery Of An Accepted Life To Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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