Grateful One by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Grateful One that begins with:

I do not wonder why,
Things are the way they are....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cXXdeedd XXdccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 110111 110111 111101 1111010 1011111010 1101011 0111101 0100010010 001011101 001111101 11100011 1111111 11010011 0100101 11110110 01100 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; they, i 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines are, is are repeated).

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

  • summary of Grateful One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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