Knocked Offline by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Knocked Offline that begins with:

Some can't eat.
Some can't sleep....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabcbdDEcbDEX fbdgfchgdibXdbXXXiaiaXXDhgDbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111 111101 1111 11110 101 111110 111011 11 111000 01001 1010001 11 111000 0011110 101 1101 1111001 1101 1111 11010 1101 01101 11 11101 1011101 1010100 1 111000001 1110 1110 1110 1 1100010 1 10101011 111 10011 11 1101 11000101010 11 1111 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 461
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; some, not, knocked, offline are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, not are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines offline is repeated).

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

  • summary of Knocked Offline;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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