Quieting Their Egos And Putting Out Their 'Lights' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Quieting Their Egos And Putting Out Their 'Lights' that begins with:

It takes more than a winning attitude,
To actually produce a win....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB BDX ABCB eefX fXXd BDXX X XXX XXX Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,4,4,1,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010101 010000101 10100100 101001010 111101 11001101 100111011 0111010101 010000101 10100100 101001010 11011 10011 111011 00101 101111 0101110 1101011 11110010 111101 11001101 100111011 100110110111 101100111011 1100 1 1000 111110101 11011101 01010011110 1100 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, their, uh are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Quieting Their Egos And Putting Out Their 'Lights';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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