A Ridding Of The Myths by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Ridding Of The Myths that begins with:

There had been an accepted myth,
That had protected the many with beliefs......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXab bccXa Xd edXeX bdcba AFA G AFA GCC AFA GCC AFA fXAAAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,2,5,5,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010010001 101001010110 010000100 0101000101 110100101 111110100010 0110111000010 00111001 00101101110101 1 1 1 111101000101 01110101100 1100010011110 1011010110101 1011010110 111001010010 011010111101 01001011001 1010001101111 010001 101 111 00100011 010001 101 111 00100011 1010001 01 010001 101 111 00100011 1010001 01 010001 101 111 0101 1100 111 111 111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lists is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word lists at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of A Ridding Of The Myths;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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