The Taking Is Of Their Interest by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Taking Is Of Their Interest that begins with:

Many lifetimes it seems,
Some have personalized their agonies......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAba Xccdc AAbb cadcXX aeeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 1110011100 01101010 1110011101001 1111001 000101101 0110001 10010001 10101 101101 1110011100 0001011010 111100010 1101001100 10101111 010001100 110110 0111 110011 100101110 1111001111 1110011001 11100111 00101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 word to is repeated.

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

  • summary of The Taking Is Of Their Interest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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