Come On...Snap Out Of It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Come On...Snap Out Of It that begins with:

Have you ever been confronted,
By those giving their unsolicited advice....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX ddXa XbeXefgb fgX fcXf bfX XX XXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,3,4,3,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100010 111011010001 101101111 011 111101 11110111 0110101 1010101 111010011101 1 1111110 11010101 11001010101010 10 1100011 0100101111 11100101 01011 101111 01 01 11 1100 110110 1111101 11010001111 11100110 101 01000 100 1 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, a are repeated.

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

  • summary of Come On...Snap Out Of It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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