This is an analysis of the poem The Escalation Of Truth that begins with:
People of 'yestersday'...
Easily offended when questioned of their beliefs, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbXbaccX baabbccbXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100 1000101100101 101001110010 00100010100 01010001010 110100 10110 110010111010 111001110 0010101000010 011011010 1010100 1100011001010 10011110001010 1011101101 1010101 101010010111101 11001011010 00101101110 111010101110 110100101101001 0101001110011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; of, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase visuals connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Escalation Of Truth;
- 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
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