What Moving Forward Is All About by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What Moving Forward Is All About that begins with:

I hope this journey I have taken,
With bumps and bruises......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdcXe ABCAFCE eXeXgb daee ABCAFCEe cgXXbbec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 01110 11001 00100010 111011001 1110011010 110010001101 110101110 01110 11001 11000101010 01000001 111011111 1000100010001 1001101001 01111 100100 10100101010 11011101 0010011010 1001001010 1001101010 10100101 0110101010001 110101110 01110 11001 11000101010 01000001 111011111 1000100010001 001010111111 11101111 010100 0111 11010001 0101100110 10101111 11110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.

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

  • summary of What Moving Forward Is All About;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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