So In My Travels... by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem So In My Travels... that begins with:

To go through the steps,
Just to qualify myself deserving...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbacaXc abXddce eebedeaXXa eXceX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,10,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 1010111010 0010011 11011 011000100 110101010 1111100101 001001011 101011011010 1010101001 011010010 001010 11101010010 10111001 10100 101101001 01011010 1011110 01111001 10010010001010 100100101110100 01010011010 11000100101 11010100100 11010 1 000100100010 10110 101100101000 010010001101 11001100011100 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of So In My Travels...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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