Quality Of Life Has Been Diminished by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Quality Of Life Has Been Diminished that begins with:

The complexity of college entrance exams.
And the hike of already exorbitant tuition fees......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaaaXb cX XdecXeee aXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001000101001 101001001000101 0101000101 01010 1101010001 1001100011100 111100101 0101000100101010 1101000010 0110001 1001101 0100011010 1010101010 101011010 0010001000100 1001111001 01101 1010001010110 10100100101010 01101001011 10100011101010 01110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Quality Of Life Has Been Diminished;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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