Too Addicting Of A Wasteful Mission by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Too Addicting Of A Wasteful Mission that begins with:

We can only become as great,
As the roots we acknowledge......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbaXccded Xeccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111 1011010 1110 00101010 111101101 01001001010 010100010 00100100001 001110110 010001000101 110 11000100101000100 1001001 111010 001101010100 01 1010 001010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 word we 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 Too Addicting Of A Wasteful Mission;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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