If It Has Taken Years To Inflict 'This' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If It Has Taken Years To Inflict 'This' that begins with:

If it has taken years to inflict,
The awareness of fear and conflict....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBBCDaeed XaaddeaBBCD XcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001100001 001001110 001001001101 0111011101 1010010 01011101 010100 01010100 1110101011 1010 110 1100100110 101101001010101 11000101010 1 0011000011010 01110 001001001101 0111011101 1010010 01011101 1101011101 010100010110100 10110101001 0101101011 1001001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 If It Has Taken Years To Inflict 'This';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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