Do Faith Today by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Do Faith Today that begins with:

All wishes plucked and wanted not to duck,
With those pitfalls that stick......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAX AAX BcXcd BCEFD Bd BCEFDXBd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,5,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 011111 01011000 1101110101 011111 01011000 11 01010101 1 110111 01110101 11 010101 1100101 0010101 11 11 01 11 010101 1100101 0010101 11 11 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

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

    The poet repeated the same word untethered at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Do Faith Today;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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