Reluctant Traps by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Reluctant Traps that begins with:

Today...
Many are living lives no longer valued....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcdefXd Xgdbhfhhfb FeghAE FGAEXFGAE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 10110111010 11001011110 101100010 01011 11001000010 101000110 1100011101 1101110010 101 10100100101 11001 00110010100010 111 111100100 0101110110001 01001010010 10101 111 00101010101 0101111 10110 11101 10101 111 001 0101111 11 111 001 0101111 11 111 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word gloom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Reluctant Traps;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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