'If' We Focused And Dared by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem 'If' We Focused And Dared that begins with:

On 'this' side,
Of our daily lives......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCdCdab AEFbXbXe AXaXdged aAXhhgfdaXAEFcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 01101 11010101 001 11010101 001101 1001 0010011 111 11 011 1011101101 1011111 1011 11100101 0100110 111 111 111 00100100100 1000101 1001 11100111 100100111 1111101 111 10011110 1 11110111 01101 110100010 1010010001 1110011011 111 11 011 011101 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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; we, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of 'If' We Focused And Dared;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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