Revolving Door by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Revolving Door that begins with:

Finally,
An agreement between those made, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabc aXX dacbaXX XdX caab XX ccXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,7,3,4,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 10100111 1110101 1011110101010 1100101001 11011 1 1010100101 11010100101 10 0101001010100 100101000 100100 0101010100101 1110010 1 01 010100101 01 1101101001100 1100101100100 01011001010 1 010100101 110 110 110 1 0110010 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines this is repeated).

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

  • summary of Revolving Door;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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