Experiment Of God's Wish by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Experiment Of God's Wish that begins with:

That we live encouraged,
To acknowledge and grow......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abC abbC adeedc XC XXbXfccf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 001011 0010 111101 1011001 10011 0010 101011 0110010 111010111 010110101 1001010111 001011101 0010110111100 0010 10011101001 10001000011 11 11 1010111011 010010 00110100 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; and is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word important 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 Experiment Of God's Wish;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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