One Who Dares To Be The Maverick by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem One Who Dares To Be The Maverick that begins with:

The art of flying low...
Keeps the wings of one, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcccac XbdcXc bcXXab ccdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 10101 0010010001 11001 101101 01001 11 0100011010 1111101 11101011 001010101010 11010001 001110100 010 100101 111010 0110010001 0111111 01010010 00100 1011001001 101 010 10111000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; as, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of One Who Dares To Be The Maverick;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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