With A Doing Of Their Best To Escape Fate by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With A Doing Of Their Best To Escape Fate that begins with:

Evolving.
Evolution....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXd daeefdff abggcdcc XXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 1010 0101 1110101 101001 1001 111101001 110010 100010110 010100100 1001101001 0101001 010111101 010111111 111010 11010 000010001 110101 10101001 111 1110100101 00100110011 001010111 10 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of With A Doing Of Their Best To Escape Fate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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