This is an analysis of the poem Not On This Side Of Your Fence that begins with:
Your backyard is in shambles!
And you peer over my fence, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXba XdeXd cbX Xeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 1111011 0010011 11011011010 1010111 10110101 110110100 1110011110 01011101 1 01101 11010100 0011 0101010 0111111 101101011 1011 1101010 110101 0110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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 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; one, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word one is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Not On This Side Of Your Fence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Sometimes Your Demonstrations Make Sense
- Analysis of Stampede
- Analysis of Certain People
