A Replaying Of An Innocence That Isn'T by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Replaying Of An Innocence That Isn'T that begins with:

Seduced by a replaying of an innocence that isn't,
Gets as old as the doer who refuses to see......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXab cdcXb dbbab X aeXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001001100100 111101101001 101011101 10110 10110001110 1011010 01101111 11100111100 11010010 00101100100010 101010001 1001011001011 100101 0010000100011111 0010001001 111011 10 110101 110 1110100100111 000100011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of A Replaying Of An Innocence That Isn'T;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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