With It To Be Done! by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With It To Be Done! that begins with:

Keep wants and dreams that are wished,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbC DXA eeF AbC DXAFDFdFXFeFeFeFDFdFeXFFFF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 010 1010111111 111010111 11101010101100 00101100111 1110101001 11010111 100001 1111111 010 1010111111 111010111 11101010101100 00101100111 100001 1110 100001001 11 100001 11 100001001 101 100001 101 100001001 101 100001 1110 100001 111 100001 111101 100001001 100001001 100001001 100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, and, be, done, with, it are 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 done is repeated).

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

  • summary of With It To Be Done!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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