Chill Pill by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Chill Pill that begins with:

Cool!
I'll pretend, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBBCXD aEFDGCHC dijii cXii CDGGCDKB cXhXd ijgidechc CDGGCDKB aBBCXD aEFDGCHC CDGGCDXjcb aEHC iX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,5,4,8,5,9,8,6,8,10,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101 1101 1101 1111 1101010 1 1111111 1101110 11010011010 0110111 11100011 01101001 1001100 11100 1100101 010111 00101 0101001 1111101 10111 1101100001 11110111 1111 11111 01010111 11001001001 1111 11111 1111101110 0111101 11101 1110001 1111110 111100 001101 11111101 1110101 1010101 110111 01110 100101 110011100 1001010 1110101 1111 11111 01010111 11001001001 1111 11111 1111101110 0111101 1 101 1101 1101 1111 1101010 1 1111111 1101110 11010011010 0110111 11100011 01101001 1001100 1111 11111 01010111 11001001001 1111 11111 1101100101 1110001001101 110111 1011101 1 1111111 01101001 1001100 11101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, me, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word cool at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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