Unaffected By Personal Critique by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Unaffected By Personal Critique that begins with:

To do that which one seeks done,
Often has nothing to do with receiving attention....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbbb XXcXXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111111 10110010010010 1 0010100111 10001001 11001 1010001011101 010110101 111001010010 101101 01110010 1010100111 1010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of Unaffected By Personal Critique;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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