I Thank You For Your Assistance by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Thank You For Your Assistance that begins with:

You made choices in your life.
With accusations made to others, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXCBCDX Xef XcX XbfXcd d ABXCBCDX gdeXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,3,6,1,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 010101010 1101111000 10110101 101111001 11 1010101 010100101 1 11110110011 111001111101001 1 10100101101 111100 101100 11110101 1101111101 1101111100 01 0011110101 00111 1110011 010101010 1101111000 10110101 101111001 11 1010101 010100101 011010110 101011 1111001111 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of I Thank You For Your Assistance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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