A Dose Of This To Hear by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Dose Of This To Hear that begins with:

The best medicine to give,
To anyone who has made a career......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaabcddd dX ccbeb X beea XcXaX ee b dbdXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,5,1,4,5,2,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110001 0100111001 010100111010 0001001 1111100010101 1100011111 001001001011101 1111101011110 01101 10101010101010 100001010 011001011011 11111101010 11 110110000100100 1100011101 00100110101 101110101 1010100 11 0100010111111 111010001010101 100110001101 010110011010 11 1111000011011 1100010111010 11010100010110 1111110111 1111011 101101010101001 10001011100 1111101 101110111 1001 1110001011001 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, and, be are repeated.

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

  • summary of A Dose Of This To Hear;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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