To 'Do' To 'Know' What It Takes by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To 'Do' To 'Know' What It Takes that begins with:

There are those who want to 'DO',
But refuse to go through......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX bXc bbb AXAbAbb Adb bXcX AdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,7,3,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 101011 011110 11010001 10010101001 1101010 1111110 0101 11001111110 11 011110110101 11 011101111 11 0110101001101 00100011 11 1 1011 111101110 0101101 00010110 0111110 11 1 1011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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.

    The author used the same words and, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of To 'Do' To 'Know' What It Takes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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