'Take Us To Your Leader! ...' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem 'Take Us To Your Leader! ...' that begins with:

These 'new' aliens,
Are all over the place! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cX XXdXcXeefdbafaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 111001 110110 11010110 1 1011001 11 11011000010 110 11001010 101010010 1011000 11011001 11 11010110 1 11011101 1 01 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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  • summary of 'Take Us To Your Leader! ...';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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