Put That Peddle To The Metal by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Put That Peddle To The Metal that begins with:

If you want to get to drive,
You have to learn to be swift....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDXcXXdEDF ABCDdeDFDXAFDeDEdFD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 1101001 01111 010111 0 101 1 11110111 01011101 11100010 101 1111 0110101 1101001 01111 010111 111 111100010 101 1111 1101 0110101 1111 1101 111111010 101 11100010 101 1111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word gas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Put That Peddle To The Metal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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