We Can Make This Work by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem We Can Make This Work that begins with:

We can make this work.
To work it out....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFggbdb ABCDEFXhiXiXABChcdgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 0101 01111 11000001 00111010 1011101 0110 010101000110 11010001001 1111101 0101011001 11101 0101 01111 11000001 00111010 1011101 111 011010000101 110101101010 1001011010 10101000111 11101 0101 01111 1011111 01001 11010111 11111 11001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, we are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word we 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 We Can Make This Work;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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