This is an analysis of the poem Desiring To Control that begins with:
Those masks worn to dispense conflict,
Have begun to expose the ones who perpetrate it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAba Xca AAddad AXec cdfeaa X fa cX fa eX b XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,6,4,6,1,2,2,2,2,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100110 1100010111010 0010101 100100 1110100100 00100101 00101011001 11100110 1100010111010 10111101 1010000100100101 1101001010 11010101101 11100110 1100110 0010100 1010100100101 110101000101011 01 0110101 01000011101001 001000101001 1010100111001 11111 1 11 110110 0010011 1 110100 10 1110110 110010 11111101000 11111 01001001 1 1010 0111001111001010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word those 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 Desiring To Control;
- 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 There Is A Depth There To Share
- Analysis of Healed From A Wound
- Analysis of Treasured To Live
