Unified Understanding by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Unified Understanding that begins with:

People wish to keep their entitlements.
But unwilling to have a dime from them, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bbXX bXc XXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010110100 1010010100 010001 10111000101 010101000100 11101010010 01010100 101101110 1001 11101011000100 11101011110 1010111 01011010001001 0100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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.

    The author used the same word people 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 Unified Understanding;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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