Observations Today Confirm by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Observations Today Confirm that begins with:

It's going to take a lot of patience and hard work,
To get this crap corrected....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE ebcfdcce X ebedbbX Xd ceee cbfXb ed ABCDE XggXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,1,7,2,4,5,2,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101010111 0101010 0010100110101 10111 010110011 111010101 001001001000010 111001 10010 11101011101 01 101110101 11010101 111010101101 1101010011100 01011010 110100100 0101001101 1010001 110100010 110101110 1 0110 11011101001 1101110 101001001101010 100101 111111101 01110010 0101 110011 11001010 11 111111110 0100101010111 0101010 0010100110101 10111 010110011 110 1011101 110010101101001 01 1 1011110101010 1010001001 01001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of Observations Today Confirm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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