No One Should Assume by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No One Should Assume that begins with:

No one should take,
Anyone's patience and tolerance...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa bcddXcdcdd XXbdcXded Xadebeffc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,10,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 101101100 1001010 11101 11010101 10100100 111100 00101 0010010 1010101 1101111 1001010 10000001 11101 1101010 0100101 0111001 1010101 11110100100 011010 00100001 101001101 1010 1011 1001 11001 01001 1 0100111 011 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of No One Should Assume;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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