This is an analysis of the poem Dangerous To My Health that begins with:
There are those who were born,
To have no other purpose in life......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb cXdXef cbccXXg feg cbchXahg hadXhXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,7,3,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 011101001 1010110 101 11110 111110101001 1111110010 1111111 1010001100110 101101 0100110101010 10001 111000011 110110100111000 11101001111110 1101 111110100100 0110001 11011100110 1 11101101001 1010100111 101111 11011011110 111 111001001001 01011010 1101 1111111010 1100111 010001110100011 11001 10101101010010 1000
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, her, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Dangerous To My Health;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of As If There Are Exceptions To Mother Nature's Rules
- Analysis of Making Personal Appearances
- Analysis of Even Its Roots No One Hardly Sees Exposed
