This is an analysis of the poem A Thing Of The Past And Obsolete that begins with:
There are those dissatisfied,
With current government policies....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBB Ccac caaac ABBB CXXddddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110101 010100100 110100101 001010100 111 11100101 01001011 11011 111111101 1001 1011110 01001110010 010011101 1110101 010100100 110100101 001010100 111 0110011 11 11010 00100111 1001011001 01000100111 11110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, and are repeated.
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- summary of A Thing Of The Past And Obsolete;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of I Care
- Analysis of And...Your Point Is, What?
- Analysis of It Is Clear You Are Not Pleased
