Shared Like Gifts by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Shared Like Gifts that begins with:

It is still a Dutch colony.
With those who control it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bbbccdb ad dcXcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101100 011010 1001 0011101010 000101010010 0101010 010110110010 1101011011 0011010 0101000101 0101011 1101110 110011010 1101011100100 011111 1000110 101111 1100011101 0100011100001 1111100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, have are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word it 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 Shared Like Gifts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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