Do We Listen? Do We Learn? Do We Grow? No! by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Do We Listen? Do We Learn? Do We Grow? No! that begins with:

A grief recycled to produce an effectiveness...
Is the same grief experienced, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXcd aaXabeeff bXXcXdbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101000110100 00110100 1001010111 110010001010110 1110111 10101 11011001010100 101001100011 00100001 1101011001 110101001010 1 1110 111 111 1 1101101 1011100 0101101001 011 11010100 01100101000 110101010 11110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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