The Last Frontier by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Last Frontier that begins with:

How a cohesiveness,
Can pull them together...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbcdaXcecfeeXggghXhcabXdXfdgfbdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 110010 010000 001 100101 1 1010 1110 01 111010 0100110 1010 110001 111011 1101010 1111010 1111 0100101 0101 0100101 010111 1011 11001 111001010 1000101010 10100 11000101 11010100 11001001 101010 111101 1001 11101 0011100101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 838
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Last Frontier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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