Leftover Mold by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Leftover Mold that begins with:

Leftover mold,
Has no growth and turns to rust....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB ABAB cddda caeee bdXfaagXXgXXAdadebbbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,5,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1111101 1101 0111 1101 1111101 1101 0111 1 1101 11001010 010001111 11101 1 010 011100 101010101 0100111001 101101101 0111011 11 010 11011111 11000101 11 11010 0100101 111 11 1101 10010 11011111 11 0101 11010111 01 010 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same words leftover, few at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word dust 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 Leftover Mold;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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