On A T-Shirt by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem On A T-Shirt that begins with:

Triggered to anger.
And targeted to upset....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcdXa efcf Cca aacbX Xa af da XXdefCaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,3,5,2,2,2,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 1100001 0111000010 10100100 10010010 1101 10101010000 11110110100 11101010 11111100 10101011010011 00101011010 10110011100 10101100 1110101 110011011 1010100 101 110010100101111 101 11 1111100100 100 111 001101010 111110101 111111 01011111 110101111001 0010101 10110011100 110001001011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; our, on, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of On A T-Shirt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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