This is an analysis of the poem Earth Bound that begins with:
Is it to anyone's surprise,
That those who had despised their attempts......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAbaXCDd ea ABACDfeffXf cacX bba X eXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,11,4,3,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00010101 111101101 01101 001011000 110110110101 110101 1010110101 01010101010100 10101001010010100 10010010101100 00100011001010100 00010101 111101101 01101 1010110101 01010101010100 1 1101001 110101111 1 11010 011110001 11101010 11101 1101010 111111 1010010010 01 011010100100 1110001110101 110011 1010010 0010011010 01100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; who, their, we, need, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
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- summary of Earth Bound;
- 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 Denying A Participating In Their Existence
- Analysis of Unwilling To Sacrifice
- Analysis of I Am 'Not' That Intelligent
