Stop Pretending There Is No Pretentiousness by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stop Pretending There Is No Pretentiousness that begins with:

Let's pretend,
We all have an interest......

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: abccdadecbfXdedc XXXeaXX d bfXXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1111100 00110010 010001101 1 110111011001 00101100001 10010000 010011010001 110110010101 1 1000101001000 0100100101 1101001000110 0101010 01001101010101001010 1 11 0101110101011000 100010000010 1010100101 100101011000 1101111011 1100010001110 111 1101010001010101 110 11001000101011 11011010100101010 100001 000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; it is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Stop Pretending There Is No Pretentiousness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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