With A Daily Affirmation Done by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With A Daily Affirmation Done that begins with:

Someone doing you no favor,
Has planted a wealth of ignorance......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC CBdd decff bXb ABCCB XbXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 110010100 11010101010 1001010101 10101000001001 1011100101010 00111010 11011010 11110001 001100001 1101010 1011100010 10101 001001100 001001101 11101110 110010100 11010101010 1001010101 10101000001001 10011101 0 111001001 110101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines imperfections is repeated).

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

  • summary of With A Daily Affirmation Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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