Going Through Hard Financial Times by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Going Through Hard Financial Times that begins with:

I can understand,
Your going through hard financial times....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccde XfdXghefh XgggaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 110110101 11001011001 0100110101 111110011 011100111 1010111 10101010100 010101 01011010 00110010100 100101100101 11010011 111011 11111001 11 1 11001 111101111 10111000100011 1101 11110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word do is repeated.

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

  • summary of Going Through Hard Financial Times;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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