Lieing Spies Are All Over The Place by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lieing Spies Are All Over The Place that begins with:

Those who have lied and in a secret spying,
And hired other spies to snoop for them......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcad eecbfdg fgbbgX XcXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001010 1101010110 1101011010 11000100010 0110100100010 1110001101000 1101111100011 11111001 10001010010 11011101000101 11011100 00100010111101 010010101011101 111011001010 111000101101 101101001111 1100111100111 1 011101 1011001101 1110100100110 10101101000001 11010001 0101010111001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • 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; to, and are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Lieing Spies Are All Over The Place;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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