Staying Swift On My Feet Keeps Me Peaceful by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Staying Swift On My Feet Keeps Me Peaceful that begins with:

You snooze you lose,
That's it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDAEbfabgb fXfABCDAE XbXgebaXdXa ABCDAEdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,9,11,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 10 01100010 0101010 10101 010111 1101010110 10101 0011010 101001 11010010 11011111 11 11011 111011 1111 10 01100010 0101010 10101 010111 11101101 00101110 101111 10001 01111011101 110101 1011011 11110101 111111101 1111 01111101 1111 10 01100010 0101010 10101 010111 111 1011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; you, to, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of Staying Swift On My Feet Keeps Me Peaceful;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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