A Slap On The Face Of Democracy by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Slap On The Face Of Democracy that begins with:

Of course they could care less,
As they feed while soldiers bleed! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdca beddd fbbabebbXb X XgecccfdbXcXgcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,10,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 1111101 1111101 101100 110010001 00101001101 11001010001 01010 110101010010 111110 011010111011 111101101 1101001 100101 10101 111011 00110100100 1011100 1110101 1110 1100101 1111101 110111 110110101 11110 1101 11111101 1101 1111101 111 0010111 101110011 110101 111100011 01001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of A Slap On The Face Of Democracy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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