The Best Of Your Imperfections by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Best Of Your Imperfections that begins with:

You have let the 'hue' of things,
Bedazzle your quest......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC XbaX dbbe ABBC edXfba abddfX ABBC XdXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,6,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1011 0010010 110110 11100010 001001 11001010 111001000 1011001 010110 1011101 0101101 1110101 1011 0010010 110110 10101101 101001 010101111 010101010 111101 01011010 1100011100 1100101001 110001 1101001111 0010111010 0110110110 1110101 1011 0010010 110110 111001 01001 1010101110 0011111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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, you, your are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Best Of Your Imperfections;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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