There Is An Art Applied To Your Torture by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem There Is An Art Applied To Your Torture that begins with:

There is an art applied to your torture.
And you do this quite well....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBBD cecccf feeggXff ABCBBDXcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011010110 111011 01 011011 1100111101 011001010 1101110 11110010101 1111110100 111010100 1011101 0100101 1011111 0110111101 11101010001 0111111111001 111011111001 101 111 1111011001010101 1011010110 111011 01 011011 1100111101 011001010 1101101010 111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you, of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of There Is An Art Applied To Your Torture;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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