Quality Specimen by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Quality Specimen that begins with:

If you give me your hand,
I will hold it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXc cc daa XXeXd daed ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,3,5,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 1010 01111 1001001 01101 10111 011 11 110100 1011011 010101 111010 11101010 101 101 11101101 011 11001 101101 100100 11101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; you 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines go is repeated).

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

  • summary of Quality Specimen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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