When I First Lost My Impatience by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When I First Lost My Impatience that begins with:

I felt dirty and betrayed,
When I first lost my impatience....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcd dXXXcX eedbba aaeXb XaXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 11111010 11 11101 111101 011001110101 00101011 111111 101101 000101011 10010111101 1110101111000 11010101 1010101001 0010011 111010111010 110011111 11111010111 0111010 11110111101 11111011 10111111 010010010 111011101001 100101 11010001010 101110011 01111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; i, have, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of When I First Lost My Impatience;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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