Self Inflicted Issues by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Self Inflicted Issues that begins with:

When an environment of people,
Are taught and conditioned......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXXcb DXE ABCE ABCE DXE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100010 111010 001100110101 00100101010011 0101000100110 1101010 0110010001000101 1111000101110 010101000 110110110100 110100010 111010 001100110101 11011101010100 110100010 111010 001100110101 11011101010100 1111000101110 010101000 110110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word enemy 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 Self Inflicted Issues;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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