What They Had To Do To Accomplish by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What They Had To Do To Accomplish that begins with:

If I had NOT be taught,
Very early in my childhood......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadbcaadXedfbe gXeXX g XafhgXX Xh XiaeX gXe XjjigX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,5,1,7,2,5,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 10100111 100101 0101000 01001101 01001101010 11101 110100110111 0001000 1111001 111101 100111010 1110110101 10101011010 100100011000110 1111010101010 11110010111 111010010 1111 10111011 01010100011 1101001 1 11111010 11001011010 101 110111 01 001110 1 111001111010 1 110 0110110 11010110 11101100100011 1111 0100111 011100100100010 11011001 111010 1111001010 0101 11111 11110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of What They Had To Do To Accomplish;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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