I Have An Image To Uphold by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Have An Image To Uphold that begins with:

Doing your best for someone else,
And in the doing an ungratefulness is expressed? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXeXaa fXgfgdg gcX e bcX d baX X ddcfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,3,1,3,1,3,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 10010110000001 110101010010 101 011110101 11 001000101 001010111 01101 10010 1010010101100100 01101010110010 1001011010 1101010 101 1001 11 111001110 101010101101 011 11111 111111111110 111000 1101 100101 101110 1010111 1101 111 11110101 1110 01110010110 11110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; doing, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of I Have An Image To Uphold;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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