Ready For What Comes by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ready For What Comes that begins with:

I 'still' expect from each day to progress forward.
From something I've done yesterday to remind me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAbaXcdeF ABAdccFeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101110 010111010011 1010011111010 111010100101 1101111101 01111010111 110101 101010100 1011 001001011101 110101101110 010111010011 1010011111010 111101001100 11 1111 001001011101 1011101111 1110111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Ready For What Comes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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