No Need For That Anymore by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No Need For That Anymore that begins with:

Sadistic?
I am not....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbc de XfghXcei jjXdcXc cfcci aachi jgihXbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,8,7,5,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 111 11001 1010010 1111 0100010 111010 101000010 11110110 1101111 1 11 1101 01110010 100010 01000010001 111100 11001 100101010 1101 100100101 011011 0111 11110 011100101 101010 1011 01011010 010 11100010 10101100100 01010 101001 01 11001111101 11001 111000100001 110 111010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sadistic, it are repeated).

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

  • summary of No Need For That Anymore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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