Habitually Fixed by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Habitually Fixed that begins with:

People addicted to nonsense,
Are no different than those addicted to crack....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXa BACD Abbdc BACDaab adeaebd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010 111001101001 110100101101 1011101010101 101010111 1101010 101010101101 10010010 0101000100110100 11010 001000110011 11011 1011101010101 101010111 1101010 101010101101 001000101000110110 001100 11100100100010010 11010 1011 101010111110 000100110101 1111111001001 1001001000010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Habitually Fixed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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