Food For Thought by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Food For Thought that begins with:

I can not forget,
Intentions meant......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabaacddd Aecaba AcAccfg AcbAgAXXAX cahhfbab gXXXaX afc XecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,7,10,8,6,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 0101 00111110 111 1101 0100010 101101 0111 0110010 11101 1001 110101 110001 11011 1001 11101 10110101 11101 0111111 111111 1101011 101010111 11101 10101 00111100 11101 10110101 11101 111100 01011101 11101 01000100111 1 101001 010001 0010011111 101 0101110100111 0111001 1110100 1101 100111010 111110100 01001010 011101 11 111 1101111 1100000101 1 1101 1 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; to, i, you are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Food For Thought;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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