This is an analysis of the poem Payback For A Life They Chose that begins with:
No one ever forgets,
The attacks upon them done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX dXXd dXbdddac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111001 0010101 11101 1110101000 00110111101 001001 001001000 11011001 01111010 100100 100011001 110101111110 1100110010 0110110010 010101011 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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- summary of Payback For A Life They Chose;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Much More Than They Deserve
- Analysis of Only Fools Are Not Aware Of The Power Of God
- Analysis of I Felt Freed
