A Fighting Against Gale Enforced Winds by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Fighting Against Gale Enforced Winds that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc deedef bebeb fg heiijjbX ecjjjei bgX bXgaXhiXgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,5,2,8,7,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1101101 01011 101001 01011001010 0111110010 101 1110110 0101010 01 1101 0101 110100010 1101 1111010 00100 11 10101010010 01010011011 1101011 011100100100 100110 111 10 1 00110100001010 0101010 10101010 0010111011101 0101 100110110 101 010011100 1010000111010101 110 1001 01101000 1 11100101 010011 1010110 111 1001010010 1110101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of A Fighting Against Gale Enforced Winds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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