The Effectiveness Of It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Effectiveness Of It that begins with:

Let the truth be told to be unfold.
'Why? '...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X abb X XXX XaX cXXXcaaadE XXXcEed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,1,3,3,10,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010001 11 001011110001 101 1101011001 111 11 1110 100110111 1 1 111101 1101 11010010101 11111 00100101010 1 1011101 0001 11011101 100110100100 0010000101101 1 11010011110 10111 0010000101101 1111011011 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; be, i are repeated.

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  • summary of The Effectiveness Of It;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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