Of The New Democracy by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Of The New Democracy that begins with:

It is all falling apart!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X XX X aXbaabccXXbbX a XXXaXaXcaX cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,2,1,13,1,10,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011001 101 0100 10 11111 1100111 110010001 10110000 01001010 111101 000101 110101010 11100101 10101 110010010 001010 10101 01000010001 1111011 11010011 1 1101001111 1000010001 01111 1110 0101101 1101001 101101 11000100 0010100 110100100 001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; of is repeated.

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

  • summary of Of The New Democracy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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