If I Can Learn A Few Lessons So Can You by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If I Can Learn A Few Lessons So Can You that begins with:

You did not ruin my life,
By proving to me you can ruin yours....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFbX XbfX baXXXgX ABCbc DEFdf gXbXbgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,7,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 1100111101 11110110100 1100001101 111101000111010 110010001 111110 1 01011111110 1111110111 1101 101011100 11001010 1101001001011101 111011101101 101011110010 111101011011 11111 10001101 1011011 1100111101 11110110100 10110110100 1001010100 1100001101 111101000111010 110010001 1110011 111101010011 1 110101 011010 01110110 111 111101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of If I Can Learn A Few Lessons So Can You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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