Those 'New To Discover Life' People by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Those 'New To Discover Life' People that begins with:

Often I am amused by those...
'New To Discover Life' people....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXAC cdeeXc ABfAC aeedXfXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 100101010 1011010000010 1011111001011 1000100011 101001001 00101000100 10101111001 11011101101 111110100100 001001011010 10110111 100101010 1011010000010 1011111001011 1000100011 1111110110 101010 0110001110001 10010111100100 1110101001 100111 11100111 111011101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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.

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  • summary of Those 'New To Discover Life' People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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