Skip Your Trip by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Skip Your Trip that begins with:

Skip your trip.
And admit to it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBAD CEEe CEEe ABCBAD bbf bcdbXff ABCBAD ABABAD XABABAD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,6,3,7,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 10100 1111 11001 111 1100101 0110101 10111101 10111 1011101 0110101 10111101 10111 00111011 111 10100 1111 11001 111 1100101 1110101 101011101 0101011101 1110101 01011101 1111010101 1101011001 11010011 1101011101 1010111 111 10100 1111 11001 111 1100101 111 110101 111 110101 111 111101 1 111 110101 111 110101 111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • 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:

    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; to, your are repeated.

    The author used the same words it's, no, skip at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word instead 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 Skip Your Trip;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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