No Matter How Outsiders May Look At It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No Matter How Outsiders May Look At It that begins with:

I've done the best I could.
But no matter how outsiders may look at it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdd EfEfEXEXEcbbccXfb aafbbcXccbXbdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,17,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 111010101110 01110101111001 111111101001 01010010101 100110101 11101100010 11010 11101100010 10101100 11101100010 101100010010 11101100010 1010001100110101 11101100010 011011111 11010111000101 1101010011101001 0001010100 11001000100100 0010001 1011101010 0010001111101 1 11100101101 11101101000010 1010110111101101 11101 11011 1010110100111001100 111 111010111000100010 000101111001000101 1 110110101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i, to, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of No Matter How Outsiders May Look At It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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