Overnight They Want The 'Info' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Overnight They Want The 'Info' that begins with:

Overnight they want the 'secret',
From one they have seen has achieved....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXBA CbXbdXb XAXBA CdXca Xaabbb XAXBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,5,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 01111101 10111010 101101 0101010001 0011101 1110001 10001101100 010101111 110001101 010001 10111 10111010 01111101 10111010 101101 0101010001 0011101 1001110101 010101001101 11010101010 1110100101 11100111 1100101 1110101 10011 0101111 1100100100100 10111010 01111101 10111010 101101 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; they, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Overnight They Want The 'Info';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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