With My Finger Up And Raised by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With My Finger Up And Raised that begins with:

Tired of deceivers,
And the lies they leave......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABB CDBB bXbX e XABB CDBB EfAF CDBB XABB EfAGFF EeAGFF F X F X F XXF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 10111 111 111 10001 1010001 111 111 10011011 1001111 10001011 011111 1111101 100100 10111 111 111 10001 1010001 111 111 110101101 1 10110101 0110111 10001 1010001 111 111 100100 10111 111 111 110101101 1 10110101 10101110 0101 1110111 110101101 1 10110101 10101110 0101 1110111 0110111 1111101110 0110111 1111101110 0110111 1111101110 0110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; of, tired, i, and, finger, up, raised, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words yes, tired are repeated.

    The author used the same words tired, but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines am, raised are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words am, raised at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of With My Finger Up And Raised;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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