Poem Analysis of Don'T Rush Too Quick Through It by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Rush Too Quick Through It that begins with:

Don't flip through pages so quick to age.
There is a phase and a process to it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

Rhyme scheme: AbAbbXcb DBEDBA DBEDBA DfEDBc fGgXbfGDfGDfbDfGbg
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,6,18,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111101101 1001101100 111101101 11111110 00100110 00100101 10110010 1001111 1111 10 0111010 1111 001 10101001 1111 10 0111010 11011 001 10101001 1111 1010 0111010 11011 001 11100111 11111010 10101001 1101 111110 10 10101001 11011 10 10101001 11011 10 1001000 11011 10 10101001 1000111101 1111101
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
Average number of words per stanza: 34
Amount of lines: 43
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, through are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word aging 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 age at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

summary of Don'T Rush Too Quick Through It;
central theme;
idea of the verse;
history of its creation;
critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.

Don'T Rush Too Quick Through It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar