Sometimes It's Best To Be Alone! by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sometimes It's Best To Be Alone! that begins with:

You with the temper fits,
Need to sit and listen......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dee aac dXc deabe b ddfdb Xgc b dXfgeXadXadcbcga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,5,1,5,3,1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 101110 011 111100 11010010 101010101 11101 01110 010101 010101 01011110 11011011 1101011 1001 111101 11101100101 11011111 01010001 111001 1100101 100111 10100 111 0011001101 111101 01 010001 11000110101 011101 11101 1111010 11101 11100111 1 100 11 1110010001 0100 10001 01111110 101111111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; you, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Sometimes It's Best To Be Alone!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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