Noticeable Shifts by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Noticeable Shifts that begins with:

I am not living my life to prove,
Those yesterdays I've been blessed to live......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCDE Xccecc eccddfXXAABCDEafeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 110110101 11011101 00101001001 11011 11110001 0110010 1100011101 10010110001 1101000111 0101100 0110001001111 100101101 01110001011 01010001 01111010110 111011101 100010110 101011111 111101101 110110101 11011101 00101001001 11011 11110001 11 11111011010 11101001 110111001 0110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; to, have are repeated.

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

  • summary of Noticeable Shifts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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