There Is Nothing Like Accepting My Own Ignorance by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem There Is Nothing Like Accepting My Own Ignorance that begins with:

I argue with no one,
Fixed and stuck in false beliefs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCDB XefaXX ecdabX fdda ABCCDB dXXXbXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,4,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 1110101 1110001 11010 11011 01010111 11101110 1110 1011010 11111101 101000100 00111 1111101 011 011010101 11110101010 1111001 0100100110001000 101001010101 11010010 1011 10111 110011 1110101 1110001 11010 11011 01010111 11111111011 110100111 1010010011 101111 11101101 1010101011100 01000010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; to is 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 Nothing Like Accepting My Own Ignorance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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