That One With Pride by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem That One With Pride that begins with:

Too many arrive expecting.
Anticipating to be gifted, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc bdX XXcXXXc AXdbcab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 010100010 0010011010 11010101101 0101011011 1000101110011 1101101001 01101 1011110100 11101110 1 11010 00101000100 11001010 1010110100 1111101 00010101 111011010100 1110010 110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; or, who, one are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of That One With Pride;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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