Time Does Fly Away by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Time Does Fly Away that begins with:

One never knows if someone,
Is a hater or a poet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA ABDC EFGE EhEB ABCA ABDC EFGEXEhEB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 00101010 01010101 1111 11010111 0101010 110101 0001101 01011101 1111010 1111011 101 01011101 1 00100111 011001 1101011 00101010 01010101 1111 11010111 0101010 110101 0001101 01011101 1111010 1111011 101 01011101 1 00100111 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).

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

  • summary of Time Does Fly Away;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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