This is an analysis of the poem Go On And Slam The Door that begins with:
Huffin' with a puffin' isn't something that one plans on.
Nor is it considered as a wish that came and has gone....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AA BBCD AABBC DDDE DDDE BBC AABBC DBBCXDDBBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,5,4,4,3,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001000101111 10001010111111 11101 1111 1001 111101 10001000101111 10001010111111 11101 1111 1001 111101 010101 110101 111010 111101 010101 110101 111010 11101 1111 1001 10001000101111 10001010111111 11101 1111 1001 111101 11101 1111 1001 111101 010101 11101 1111 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
The author used the same word go at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words snapping, need at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Go On And Slam The Door;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Latched Onto Your Back
- Analysis of Some Of It. None Of It. Or All?
- Analysis of A Few Jokes Told While I Do It
