Silver Spoon Fed Snootocrats by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Silver Spoon Fed Snootocrats that begins with:

It's a matter of fact.
Regardless who decides to skip over that....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbcbbcX XaXaaXbbaa bbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001 01010101101 111101 101000111 010111 1101000111010 1100001011010 010100010 0011101001 011010110100 1001101101011 010001010110011101 10100010000111 1101001010101 01111000101010 1010001011100 111000101111101 111101011011010 10111110111000101 111111101111 1010100111 111001010111 1 111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • 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 Silver Spoon Fed Snootocrats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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