A Thorough And Complete Irrigation by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Thorough And Complete Irrigation that begins with:

Just how stagnant, backed up and polluted,
Is the thinking in those country? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bacdeXX b X aX XbbX d XX X efgdXfX fc bgcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,1,1,2,4,1,2,1,7,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111010 00100110 11010 1110001 01001110001 11001101 011 11011110 10010011 1101001000010 1101011000 1 0111 1 111110 111010100111 1100 111111 10110111111 10010 1110 1101 1110010 11011011001 111111 11011 1010110 1111110101 111110 1101011 1010010 1101110 11110111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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