Headaches To Tolerate Patiently by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Headaches To Tolerate Patiently that begins with:

An escalating of a child's game played,
With it done to bluff......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadcaedfXXaca fX e cX Xcaebggfdaaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,2,1,2,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101000111 00101 101010 01010101 0111010 001001 11011110 110101001 0100110 0110101110 10000010101000 110101100 111001101 0010011010 00111101 1111 1011010 1101 11010101 01110110100 1011010011 1010010011010 10010 0110101 0101010100110 1010 1111101110 10101101101 01111100010 111 1001101101001 10110101 0011100000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Headaches To Tolerate Patiently;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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