The Most Historic Event by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Most Historic Event that begins with:

We are living in the midst,
Of eye opening events....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadeaf XX ghahidadXjajjhhgacii heX d ahbXgiddaXfaiX ea XbdaejX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,20,3,1,14,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110001 0110001 101010 001001 1010010100 1010010 00100101 0111111 1 1101001 11 1011000100 0101101 11000101 10 1001010011 11001 10110 111001 001000100 1100101 11010010 00100 1010101 1011 1 11010 0010 010 1101110 101010 111010 1010001 11011 1111001 010110010 1101011 1110 1 111110 010110 01 1011 0111101 01100 0101001 101011010 1010 10011110 1001 10 10011011 100111 011101111 111 10100 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • 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.

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

  • summary of The Most Historic Event;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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