So I Am Told by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem So I Am Told that begins with:

There is one thing some have yet to discover about impatience.
So I am told....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcdaacaXcB eBeBXXbB dbacXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111001001010 1111 11010010 1010101001101 00101100110110 101011001 10011010001010 11010100 10010101 10001001010 1111 01101 1111 01000100 1111 111 01000 01001 1111 111010011 0100101 1111010100001 0100 111101 01010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word told 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 So I Am Told;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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