How They Do That! And, Survive by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem How They Do That! And, Survive that begins with:

I've begun to notice those same people,
Were standing on this corner yesterday....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XbXcX Xb cX cabXc XbX ac X XcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,2,2,5,3,2,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101110 0101010101 11111110 1101 1010111011 01011110 1001001 11011001 0010 1 1100100 1101 111111 11 101101010101 01101 1100110110 1110 111 100100 111010110 1101 11 11 1111 01001111 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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:

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

    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; on is repeated.

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  • summary of How They Do That! And, Survive;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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