To Fulfill My Father's Wishes by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Fulfill My Father's Wishes that begins with:

I've done everything I was suppose to do.
And still what I've done, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXddaed fgfXhggeeieeX aXgihcbad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,13,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110101 11111 11010001 111101 0011111000 01011101 011100001 1101 101101 1110010101 111010101001 010011010001 1111111101 1011101011101 1100101 1011 01110111 1010001101 1001010001 001110 010010001 01010101110 1000 010 11001101101 0101001010 11100010 1110110010 111010001 11111011011 010110011111 1000111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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, not, and, i are repeated.

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  • summary of To Fulfill My Father's Wishes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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