Lessons Taught That Will Never Be Forgotten by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lessons Taught That Will Never Be Forgotten that begins with:

I wish I had advice to give,
To anyone that might ask for it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXa acdbdcXcdceeee bbdXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,14,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 010011110 11111 0111010 001001000 111111 01 011110 1001 00111 00111 0101101 01101101 01101010 11110101 1010101011100 1001010100 011010101 1111 1000100110 1 01011111 01011 11101 1101010101 010110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

  • summary of Lessons Taught That Will Never Be Forgotten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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