To Keep My Treasured Peace by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Keep My Treasured Peace that begins with:

Under pressure,
To keep my treasured peace....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCDeXeffcfX fX XXddbXXABBCDa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,2,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 011101 101100 00101 1010001 1111010101001 0001001100 10101111011 11101110100 100111010 10101011 11111110 011101010 110 1000 1 111 011101110 1110111011 001 010111111000 1010 011101 101100 00101 1010001 101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; you, aint, got are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word five is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of To Keep My Treasured Peace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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