This is an analysis of the poem Keeping Up To Date that begins with:
Keep this in your mind,
At all times: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd aecb df feX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011 111 11011010111 0101100101 1 010011 0010 01101100 11110 01101010 10101 1100101 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 Keeping Up To Date;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Nothing I Regret To Reminisce
- Analysis of Never To Reopen
- Analysis of No Heart Wishes To Bleed
