This is an analysis of the poem One Of My Best Blessings that begins with:
As I stop to review,
My life in retrospect....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcbade eeXebefcgf Xeaecedaga cXaedXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,10,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 110101 1110101 1101011 101110 1110101 1101 11101001 1110101001 11001011010 10010001 1011100101 011111010 11101011010 110111101 101011010101 01001000111 101011101101 10101010 1100101110011 0110010100 111011 101010111 1110101001 0010111010001 011110100101 101011001 0101101010101 11111101011 0101111011 101111001001 1 1001101101 11101010111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of One Of My Best Blessings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
- Analysis of Empty Pockets Not To Stop
- Analysis of Despised For Their Honesty
