For Whatever The Reason by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem For Whatever The Reason that begins with:

I made the choice not to follow,
Or borrow opinions......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXaaac XdddX XXX cXc BXBeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 111010 111110 111010 001000001 1010111 100111010 10101 1011010 1111011101 110111 1101101 110111010 1101000101 110011111101 1100 11 11101111 11000111 101010 011111011 1110010 1110110001 1110010 1100101100 1001010 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i 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.

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

  • summary of For Whatever The Reason;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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