From The Watchful Eyes Of God by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem From The Watchful Eyes Of God that begins with:

My advice?
I am not one to give it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc ddd ddccccacbeXb eeXeXecXc dacbcXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,12,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1111010 10011101 110100010 1111110 10011010 1001001000111 0011010101 010001010 001011010 10001101 01110100101 10101011100 001010 11010111101 01001000101 01 011101 11001 1100101101 110 111100 110101 0010101 11110010101110 1010011001010 110110010101 10001 00101011110 001 1100101 10100101 0111 10101001 10101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; with is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

  • summary of From The Watchful Eyes Of God;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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