An Acceptable Way Of Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem An Acceptable Way Of Life that begins with:

Even though there are thieves and deceivers,
And everything imagined corruptable and crooked......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXaaX aXacc aaaaXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111100 1101010100110 011111000 0001111011 0000111010010 111010 1111101010 001010001 11010110110 1010110010100101 01001101 0101010 0001001110 010011110010 0100111111011 111000101011100 010111010 111011111 10100111001110 101010100 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; and, those, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of An Acceptable Way Of Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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