Slick Crooks And Pampered Thieves by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Slick Crooks And Pampered Thieves that begins with:

Hey...
You are not the lone ranger....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdcaeXcf fgXbg XdeeXacfda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1110110 10100111 10111 1111000100 10010001 01 0011000010 111100 1111011 11010011010 1101110 10100001 1100111001 011100101 101011011 11101 1101010100 001101 110110001 11011 11010001 11010011 1101 1000100 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of Slick Crooks And Pampered Thieves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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