People Waking Up by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem People Waking Up that begins with:

People waking up from a deep sleep,
With the beast......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcad CEFD ABDA DDADDAX CEFD ABDA DDADDADDADDGDDGDDADDG DHDHDHX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,7,4,4,21,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010011 001 110 01 1010101 111110 1001001 11110101 110111 101010011 001 10010101 0100101 11 11111111 1101 11 11111111 1101 1101 111110 1001001 11110101 110111 101010011 001 10010101 0100101 11 11111111 1101 11 11111111 1101 11 11111111 1101 11 11011 010100 11 11011 010100 11 11111111 1101 11 11011 010100 11 1010011 11 1010011 11 1010011 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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 People Waking Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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