I Feel So Stupid by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Feel So Stupid that begins with:

There are those who have chosen,
To go out of their way......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXccbdddX bX aaXa effXXeebf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,2,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 011011 0010101 011111101 1101001 10100110101001 10100111011010 01001011010011 1011111 10100111101 0101101101 11110 1100110110100 11 011011100101101 11010101 001011 111 10111110 10111110 010111111101 1 11010010001011 1111010 11110010001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to, this, it are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

  • summary of I Feel So Stupid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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