Quick To Re-Act by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Quick To Re-Act that begins with:

Quick to re-act but so slow to think,
Are they who should have learned by now......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDA EFGHI afgca eae jX Xj ABCDAXEFGHIi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,3,2,2,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111101 11111111 10001 1111110 1101101101 101000110001 1010011001010 11111011110 100010010110 001100111 11111 011111101010 110011 01111011 10010011101001 101 010001000111 110101001001 110 111 110010101 1111110101100 101111101 11111111 10001 1111110 1101101101 101000110001 1010011001010 11111011110 100010010110 001100111 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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 Quick To Re-Act;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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