Don'T Be Bullied By A Fool by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Be Bullied By A Fool that begins with:

If you've got a snotty nose,
Learn to wipe it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABB Xbcbc dCDC ECEc ABABB ECDC ECbXEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,5,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 1010 10110111 10010001 01101 1111011 1010100 010101 1111 110101 1111001 010101 1111001 010101 1010101 10101 1010101 111111 0110101 1010 10110111 10010001 01101 1010101 10101 1111001 010101 1010101 10101 1010 1010101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Don'T Be Bullied By A Fool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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