C5h8o4nan by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem C5h8o4nan that begins with:

If you have not acquired a taste for Chinese food?
That's perfectly okay! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXdebfegXd bXcXgeXehaehfca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010011011 110011 11011101001 0110001100101 100111 0111011011101101 011100010 1111011011 00101 110101111 1010101 1111 111 11 1010 11111111 0110110 1010101101101 1111011 111110 010110 1000101 111101010101010 0111001101 1101011 0110 00100 110100101100 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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.

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

  • summary of C5h8o4nan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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