Those Slow To Learn Their Lessons by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Those Slow To Learn Their Lessons that begins with:

So many years have passed.
And so many have lived their lives, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdbbdXeab adad XaXbbcd eX abXfee XXbaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,7,2,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 11101111 1011011 011010 10011001 010111 01011111001 101001101 111010 0100101010 1 01 111101 11011010 010110100 111001000101 0110101011001 101110101 1110111011 1010001010 01110101101001 1110010100010 110101001 1110111101 1001101010 110010 110101110 00010100 1110100101 1111 11110010 11100 01001110101 111001001 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Those Slow To Learn Their Lessons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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