What About Our Future? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What About Our Future? that begins with:

People refusing to do what it takes,
With necessary steps to move forward......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbXbeaXXXe bacX fd fX bXXX aXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,2,2,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001101 0101010110 10111010101 110010 01011011101 11011101 1 1110000100 11101011 110010110011010 111 1111101 01011001111010 110100010 10001010001011 100110110 011011110010 1 10101110 1010 1010110110 1 1111110101 10101010110 11011001001 11100011001 01011000 1010000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, about, we, us, it are repeated.

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

  • summary of What About Our Future?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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