This is an analysis of the poem Stupid Looks that begins with:
People are now heard saying,
What 'could' have been done......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBC ddXXae beXXee ABBC Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011110 11101 111101 1011 01011010 0111101101 010010001 00100001 11010110 01011110 101101010 101101100010 1011110001110 1110110 0110001010 101111010001 1011110 11101 111101 1011 1110111111 10001010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; they is repeated.
The author used the same word people 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 done is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Stupid Looks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Reluctant To Leave Those 'Yesterdays' Alone
- Analysis of Difficult To Be Encouraging
- Analysis of Messages They Get
