I Looked For That Luck To Pocket by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Looked For That Luck To Pocket that begins with:

I looked,
For that luck to pocket....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAABACDE AAABAb AAABACe AAABAffb AAABACDEXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,7,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111010 11 11101 11 00101 1110100 1101 11 111010 11 11101 11 101100101 11 111010 11 11101 11 00101 111101101 11 111010 11 11101 11 101 111 1110101 11 111010 11 11101 11 00101 1110100 1101 11 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3

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

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of I Looked For That Luck To Pocket;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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