Angered That Truth Now Sits by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Angered That Truth Now Sits that begins with:

The first time I was introduced to truth,
I had to walk around with my head down....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB XcXXa bcXbDe AB ffDe fccXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,6,2,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110101 1101010111 01000011001 010100 10110010 0110010 1011101 10110 1001001 1010010100010 1010110000010 01010 0001001100 0111110101 1101010111 01 10101001001 01010 1110101111 110100101 1110101010 101010100 10100101001 011111101 1001011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Angered That Truth Now Sits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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