A Trivialized Living Of Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Trivialized Living Of Life that begins with:

Many have never sat to be deprived,
Of their addictions had most of their lives....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbca bXaXc ddbeXffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010001 0101011011 110010111101 001001 01010110011001 1001010101 010010011110 10111010 1101101101 1011010010101 1011111101 101011100100001 111110 1010110111 01010011100 01111 011101001 0110010011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Trivialized Living Of Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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