This is an analysis of the poem Too High Of An Expense To Pay that begins with:
Truth is beginning to occupy a bigger space.
In the heads that have relied too long on deception....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXcXbXad ABdaddcdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001001010101 0011101111010 000101001000001 110 0111010 1010001101 01001 0100100100 110101011000 1001001010101 0011101111010 110101100010 00110011101 00101111011010 010011101 011100010110 1101 11011010010100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Too High Of An Expense To Pay;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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