An Achievement Like This One Accomplished by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem An Achievement Like This One Accomplished that begins with:

To sit on the top of a heap,
That has been achieved......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcda ccXXdd Xcba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101001 11001 1100011000100 1110110100 0101110111010 1011001 1010011010 0101010010 0010100110 00010010010100 0110001 10011111001 110 1010101010 0100100101100 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Achievement Like This One Accomplished;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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