Indebted To Greed by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Indebted To Greed that begins with:

When you perceived my abilities useless,
And of them you had no need....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbX Xdeff eabbadb gXebcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010010 1001111 101010 01111101 1010010100 1101010011 0010 10101 101111010 10101110100 1011 010110001 100011001 1101 10010100010101 1010000101010 010100011010 100101000 110101001 11 111001001 01010110011111 10101100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word people 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 Indebted To Greed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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