In The Spending Of Their Time by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In The Spending Of Their Time that begins with:

People who do not appreciate,
Their blessed lives....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB cBXDcbXB effffag XgdeXhh bicX ABABcBXDXB idiiibbfXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,7,7,4,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101 111 111001 1100011 100 101001000101 10101011000 0010011 100 1010101 10101011000 01101 1110110 01110001 110111 0101100101010 11001001010 0111 10111 01110101 011000011 11100101 00100010 1111 10101 10011111 111110100 10101 10010 110011 101110101 111 111001 1100011 100 101001000101 10101011000 0010011 10101011000 01101 1 01 111101 01 01101 100011 1111 1010101 00100 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

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

  • summary of In The Spending Of Their Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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