There Are Very Few Unaware by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem There Are Very Few Unaware that begins with:

Would I be less scrutinized,
To gain more fame and notoriety......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA D Xcecafc D ABCA g cdXhchdd b gifi c ceicXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,7,1,4,1,8,1,4,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 0111110100 0101001010 101001001 110 0010101001 01010100010100 10001010011010 110001011110 10100111 0100101010101 101001101 110 1101101 0111110100 0101001010 101001001 011101 101101111010 10001 0110011010 11111111111 111110 110101111001 110101111 110110010 111111100100 111 11101101 0111011 11101 110100110 1101010110 0010101010110100 10111101 1000100100110 100101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of There Are Very Few Unaware;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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