Minutes After The Stroke Of Midnight by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Minutes After The Stroke Of Midnight that begins with:

Either mystical doom or an acceptance of evil.
People are obsessed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCC CD cbXcXbX CDcdcXb ABCC eecXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,7,7,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111010010 10101 0110011 1101101010 1110010 1010010010 011011 010101100 1100010 11110001 010111001 0100101 010101001 1110010 1010010010 0010 10100110 010101010 001000111 001010101000 10100111010010 10101 0110011 1101101010 1 10100101 11001001010001 101011101010 10101000011011 1101001101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Minutes After The Stroke Of Midnight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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