My Endeavors To Pleasure by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem My Endeavors To Pleasure that begins with:

If something I have done,
Had been to satisfy my own pleasure......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbXef X eeX DXGAabfX XXebba DXGAXaX c gXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,3,8,6,7,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 1001011110 01000 1110010001 1010010 0110001 110101101 0010110111 1011010011 1101 111 0111 11101010 11 1100101 111010110010 110111100010 0110101110 0010110111 10111 10 111001 111101010 1101100010 111010 01011 11101010 11 1100101 111010110010 110111010110 00111 0101001010 11111101011 11011 010011111100 1111101 1110110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of My Endeavors To Pleasure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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