No One Sits In The Back, Boys by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No One Sits In The Back, Boys that begins with:

No one sits in the back, boys.
If you want this ride, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB aXc DEBB CFGBH DEBB CFGBHXABAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,5,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 01101 010111 11 1110111 011110 01010011 01010101 1011 11111 01011010 0110011 101011010 110111 101001010 01101 01010101 1011 11111 01011010 0110011 101011010 110111 101001010 01101 1110011 01101 010111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; little is repeated.

    The author used the same word it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of No One Sits In The Back, Boys;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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