My Psychic Observation by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem My Psychic Observation that begins with:

I don't understand what their problem is.
'Me either.'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X aaXbcc ccaX dba XEfgEgX dg XXdXfX gdddg XggX g ffX a XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,4,3,7,2,6,5,4,1,3,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111100 110 110010011001 11010010 11001 1011011111010 0010101 01010101001 10101111 1010111 0010010100111110 11011011101010 1 1111101 11100 1 10101100 1011101 10101 10101100 011001100 0011101100 1111100100 1100101 111 111110101100 11011101 110101010 110111100001 01010100011011 101 111101111 111101110 10101 1101 1 10110101 0100 1111110 11111 1101010 1100110 110110001 100111 100 11101011101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, we, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

  • summary of My Psychic Observation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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