Life Is To Live And Be Exposed To It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Life Is To Live And Be Exposed To It that begins with:

No one enjoys playing hide and seek,
Better than those who have stayed hidden......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC dedebb Xbf ABC fgfhf X gX XX bebX eeXeh hfh XhXhb gXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,3,5,1,2,2,4,5,3,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110111 101111110 00101 1010011010 101001 1010011010 11111 101 0010010 1011101 001011 11111 110110111 101111110 00101 0100101010 11100000100 0100100101001 00100101001 010001010101010 110101011 1 1101001001 11111 1000100101 1111001 11 1010010101 10101001101 1001100100 11100110 01000111 0111010 1010101010 1010111 1010101010 11101001 101101111 110101101 111111 01 10110 1100001000110 1 110 10110100001000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Life Is To Live And Be Exposed To It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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