Dazzle To Daze Those Awakening by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Dazzle To Daze Those Awakening that begins with:

There is nothing like a dose of truth,
To awaken the stubbornness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE eXbeXbfe ABCDEgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 00100100 00101 100111 101010 101010101 110101 10100101011 11101010111 111011010 0100101010010001 11010011110 001011010101001 101010101 00100100 00101 100111 101010 10101100 01110101 1100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word there 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 Dazzle To Daze Those Awakening;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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