This is an analysis of the poem Mean Spirited that begins with:
What is more tragic than a nonacceptance of truth?
People allowing themselves and others too......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaX bXXXb cXcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1011010100001 10010011101 00101101 00010010 110111010100 11010100 00110111010 00010001100010 1111100100 01101101001100 1111010001010 011101110 10011101010 0011010100 10011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; with is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Mean Spirited;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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