It Is Best To Be Prepared by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem It Is Best To Be Prepared that begins with:

Just because a mouth is constantly open...
Doesn't mean expectations should be raised, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXcccaacdXc efbegXXe cXd ABC adeeecgbc bXadXdafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,8,3,3,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010010 1011010101 1101111100 11111010 0010 111110001 1010 1101111 111001001011 11 0110100010 10 111011011110 111101101 10101011100 1110110101 0111010111 010 0111011 1010100 1000100100 110 100010001100 0111101 10101010010 1011010101 1101111100 1101 101011010 11010100110 11010010111 01011011 110101010100 0111110 10101 01010110001 0010001 10110101001101 1011110101011 111001001010101 11110110101 1101010 1101011010 1111101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; you, and, my are repeated.

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  • summary of It Is Best To Be Prepared;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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