This is an analysis of the poem Effervescent Efforts that begins with:

I too have learned to develop,
Kept and precious protected preferences....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXcXdCEFG ADACADGB aDACADGB AB CEFG ADACADGB ADHDADHD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,8,2,4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010 11100101000 10011111000 00010010001 11001111 0010011000 111101010 11110 11100111011 11101000111011 1001000101110100 11011 0101010 11011 01010101 11 0101010 1110110100 011010101010 11011 0101010 11011 01010101 11 0101010 1110110100 011010101010 11110010 11100101000 11110 11100111011 11101000111011 1001000101110100 11011 0101010 11011 01010101 11 0101010 1110110100 011010101010 110101 1101010 10111 1101010 110101 1101010 10111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word increases 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 Effervescent Efforts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar