So Coached To Manifest Infestation by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem So Coached To Manifest Infestation that begins with:

I hope they don't believe,
That a validating of their stupidty......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXX Xab XXaXb XCCBBBBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 10101001100 01010 00111 01010001010 110010010100 10101100010 0101010011 10000101110 11001 101110 1111010101111 1101010110 1101010110 11 11 11 11 1101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, so, coached are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 infestation, coached are repeated).

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

  • summary of So Coached To Manifest Infestation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Poems about...
✕