Fatcats Are Back by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Fatcats Are Back that begins with:

You've been booted so scoot.
Scat....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaB CAXA AaB cdXc XX baX Xada AaB CAXAXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,2,3,4,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 1 01011 010010 1001 10010100 11111 101011 1 01011 11010011 00111 01010101 101101 01010101 1111101 01011010 01001 1100101 111110 101001 110100110100 0011101001001 101011 1 01011 010010 1001 10010100 11111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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  • summary of Fatcats Are Back;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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