My Eyes Were Always Set Upon 'Home' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem My Eyes Were Always Set Upon 'Home' that begins with:

I did not prepare and struggle,
To get to first base....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcbbdebeab eaaXfbXbcbdaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 01011 01110101001 1101110110 0011111 100111 10110011010 111101101 011 1101 1110111001 011110 101111000010 0101110101 110101 10010101 0111 101100 0010101 0101 11111111 11111 011010101 100110100110001 11 11101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 400
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

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

  • summary of My Eyes Were Always Set Upon 'Home';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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