It's Your Niche by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem It's Your Niche that begins with:

Some people...
Rather sleep than leap....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACaCAC DCEC DCEC ABACDCEC ACACDCEC DCECXADAcADAd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 10111 110 11111111 1110 101 1110 1010111 1011 1101 0111 110111 1011 1101 0111 110111 110 10111 110 11111111 1011 1101 0111 110111 110 101 1110 1010111 1011 1101 0111 110111 1011 1101 0111 110111 110 1101 110 11110111 110 1101 110 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; have is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word bit 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 It's Your Niche;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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