At This Table Where I Sit by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem At This Table Where I Sit that begins with:

After finding themselves surrounded,
By 'things' becoming for them more meaningless......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC dcaebd ABBCabe XX XdeXeX eX f XX fdd XXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,7,2,6,2,1,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010 11010101100 10110001001001 10100100 001011000101001 11111111100 010010110001 101010011101 111011011010 111101011001001 101001010 11010101100 10110001001001 10100100 111101 01001001011 00100010001001 1 1111010010 011 11010111 111011011 1111101 10001111 10110 1010101011011 11101010111 111100110 100011 111011110000 1101 101 01101111101101 1111010101 111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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.

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

  • summary of At This Table Where I Sit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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