Not Given To Play With by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Not Given To Play With that begins with:

Remaining fixed to stick with,
A gift one is given to slowly unwrap it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc bbcdbc cad cabb X ee X XXf fX dgX XXbcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,3,4,1,2,1,3,2,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 011010010010 010011101 011000010110010 101111 010010011101 010101 01110101010110 11101100 0010111110110 1111110001 11111010 1010011101 110100010 01110010 101000101000 1011011000100 11000 110111 111010010 111101011011 11111 11101101 1000 1010 1111 1001111 00101111011111 10101111010 11011 1011 110010 010000011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, one, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of Not Given To Play With;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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