Living To Adopt Doubt by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Living To Adopt Doubt that begins with:

Without you,
To have never known of your presence......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXX AaaX Xbb aXXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 011010110 1101111 01 011 1111 0010111 11 11110 10111 1011 1 11011111 10 1011 11101 10001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word without is repeated.

    The author used the same word without at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase without connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Living To Adopt Doubt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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