War Against Dishonesty by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem War Against Dishonesty that begins with:

The conspiracy to ruin,
Has had its effectiveness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCAB DCEC ABCAB fgeg fcXfhhbh X ABCABXDCEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,8,1,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100010 1100100 10110011010 111110 10011 01011 010111 0101010100 101101001 00100010 1100100 10110011010 111110 10011 1110010 1111 11010100 1010101 11000001 1101001 1111101001 101101 100100100 11011010110 010100101100 010100111 0000100110111000 00100010 1100100 10110011010 111110 10011 01011 010111 0101010100 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of War Against Dishonesty;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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