This is an analysis of the poem Have You Tried Listening? that begins with:
Being aware and observant,
Of one's own environment......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXbdaccbcac XedX fgee XdX eddg X f X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,4,4,3,4,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011010 0110100 10101110100 0110100010 111010001 00101010101 1010101101001010 1 11011010001 10101110111 0111011101 011010110100001 1110100101010 001010100010101 1101010100101 11 010101001010 1101010 110 1111001 111111101001 111110101 11010 1110101010 11111010100 110111 10101011101 11000101101010 01110010101010 1101 111100 111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Have You Tried Listening?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of Relentlessly Pursued
