Time And Preferences Change by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Time And Preferences Change that begins with:

To disobey that voice inside that says,
'Avoid companionship! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcXXXaadee ccXcfg bgfXX XXcebXX heX Xdegggh X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,5,7,3,7,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110111 100101 1010111 0010101 10101 00100100 010100 0100 11111 01010 1101 1010101 11100100001 10111 100101 0101 110101 11110111 00010000 101010101 10100000 1111 010 10011100 111100 1110010100 100001 11110101 11110101111 101011 0111 010 1110100101 1011011101 1011110001 0101001010 11 0010101 011001 001001 10111100010 1111101 11001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

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

  • summary of Time And Preferences Change;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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