Grateful To Them For This by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Grateful To Them For This that begins with:

I've earned the right to make my own decisions.
And to decide what I like and dislike....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdce afXgaXa hfffafacf XhdgebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,9,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111010 1001111101 1110110100010 1010010 1101 1110101 101101 1100 11110101111 111101010 110101 010011010011 1110 111001001010010 0110110101 1011110010 0110101111 1010 010101000101 1011001 11110101010101 01011100001 111100010 11101 11011 1 1111111011 11 11 11001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, and, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Grateful To Them For This;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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