In This Lifetime by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In This Lifetime that begins with:

All things one will receive,
In this lifetime....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBbaB cBdXB efec XfffB bcdXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 0011 01 01 0011 11001 0011 01111 01011101 0011 0110100 01 1010011 1101010 10111 0010100101 11110001 0011 0011 10011 11001 1 0110101 11100110 00110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lifetime is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word lifetime at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of In This Lifetime;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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