This is an analysis of the poem Under One Roof that begins with:
Where is the love and honesty once kept?
What has happened to the truthfulness......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cXc bdbd befgf HAaGIXeaab HAaGIaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,5,10,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001110011 111000100 1101101 111 10001010111 111001100 111111 100100 10101 1010100 10100111 11111 1111101 11111101 111111 10111100 110101110 010100 1 111 101011 0110 11101 0110010001 1011001 11001 110101110 010100 1 111 101011 1011 0010100 011010000
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you is repeated.
The author used the same words where, and 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 Under One Roof;
- 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
- Analysis of Surfacing From Their Narrow Crevices
- Analysis of Leaving No One Left To Argue
- Analysis of For Every Moment That I Live
