This is an analysis of the poem Suffering From Head Wounds that begins with:
Those told what to do most of their lives,
What to think, how to think......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBCDADa eXfdfgXd dhhgeiiX aBCDADa ddhfXhh aaea XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,7,7,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011011 101101 110011100 11010 01011000100 11111101 10101100101 11 111010010001 100110001 1001011101 11011010101101 1010010000101000 1100100101111 11101 1 1001101 101011110 101111 11000100 1100101 1010111001 0100 111011 101101 110011100 11010 01011000100 11111101 101001 01101010 1101101111 101111 111110 101111101 11100111010 010 1010100111111 01 1 11010011101011 10 10101101100011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 43
- 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, what, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Suffering From Head Wounds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Uninvolved But With Kept Expectations
- Analysis of That Was Many Years Ago
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