Faithful To Their 'Things' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Faithful To Their 'Things' that begins with:

Raw and sugarless...
That's the reality, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABA cdeX dXbf efXXeg XABA XgfXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 100100 1000101 110101010 101101 110010101 101000101010 101011 11111 00100 010111111 0011101111 011000101 001101001 00100111 110101010 01101 1010101 11100 100100 1000101 110101010 101001100100 001011 111111110 10101011001 110011 1010000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, as are repeated.

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  • summary of Faithful To Their 'Things';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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