This is an analysis of the poem Listening Effectively that begins with:
I got it...
The first time....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAbbcbXd aeddc XXXX ecX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 011 110 0101 10110011 0101010 111011 11100 00110101 1000101100 100111101 111001010001010 1100111 0110100 1 1 11011011 01111011 11 11000100 01101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; in is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines time is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Listening Effectively;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of For Whatever One Believes Is Achieved