It's The Day After Christmas by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem It's The Day After Christmas that begins with:

It's the day after Christmas,
And I'm feeling rather good....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXb cbXb XddX cdXb AdXd bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011010 1010100 1011111 1101100111 011111 1100001101 0111000100 101110101 11001011 11010101 1111001 111000 1011101 10110111 0100010101101 00101011011 0011010 1101000101 01011000111 0111010001 10001101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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.

    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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, it are repeated.

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

  • summary of It's The Day After Christmas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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