Adorned With The Doing Of Deeds by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Adorned With The Doing Of Deeds that begins with:

At a time it had been questioned,
If I knew what I was doing in my pursuits....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaXXcd ABdedXc XX bXeXbXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 011111100101 1001011 110101000101 0010101100 1011100 101001101 10101010 011111100101 101 11011101 01 110101001100 1001001001 1111010 0010101 1 0111 01 110100100 1101001001001 010100 1110110 11101010001 10100001001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

  • summary of Adorned With The Doing Of Deeds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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