This is an analysis of the poem Honesty Killed that begins with:
Too many people keep their evil disguised.
And they do....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCABCCdECcdE caBCcdECcdeccaa aCCXaCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,15,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111001 111 11010 110011010 11010111001 111 11010 110011010 1 001000101 11010 110011010 1 001000101 10111010 101001 111 11010 110101010 1 001000101 11010 110101010 1 011001111 11010 110101010 1 0111101 1 10011110 10010010 001 10011110 10010010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; too, many, killed are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines people is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word people at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Honesty Killed;
- 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 Middle Lane
- Analysis of With Druthers To Smother Others
