Staying Prepared by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Staying Prepared that begins with:

Staying prepared,
Persistent, awake and daring......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdeXX fggbhffaa XgX gchgfX XX gggcdd XXXeahafg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,3,6,2,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 01001110 11101100 001011 11111 01010010 0111010 10100101001 101000101110 0010010101 0111 010010100101010 11001 10101101 1110 011110001 10101101001 11111111 0110111 10111010011101 1110011 11100111 01101 1010010 11001011010 1110111 101101011000 1101011111 111100110100 1101011101 0101011 110100101010 0110011010011 010010001011 110 1111011 111110010 111001001 0111010010 01101 110001000111 11011011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Staying Prepared;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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