Get Up Off That Pity Pot by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Get Up Off That Pity Pot that begins with:

Why don't you,
Get up off that pity pot......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBBBABBBB cXABB ccBBXCDDDDEb BBBBABBBBCDDDDEXBBBBABBBBe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,12,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1111101 111101 11111111 11111111 111 1111101 111101 11111111 11111111 1101101 1101101 111 1111101 111101 10101 1010110 1111101 111101 111101 1101 11101 1101 11101 1101 11 111 1111101 111101 11111111 11111111 111 1111101 111101 11111111 11111111 1101 11101 1101 11101 1101 11 1111101 111101 11011111 11111111 111 1111101 111101 11011111 11111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; that, not, alone, why, you, get, up, off, pot are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pot, alone are repeated).

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