Talk Back With 'Tude by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Talk Back With 'Tude that begins with:

How does one explain things?
Like a naturalness known from birth....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX dcedfd fXXfX XeXeXe efceXad XdXX XXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,6,7,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 101000101 1101010001101 011101001101 111101 0010010 0110111 010010101 101010010 0011 11101 010111 1111011001 111110111 1001101 1011011 1010111 1101011011 1111010101 10101110 011010100101011 101010101 01010001010 1110010 10111 01001001110 01011 11001011 1 110100 10100111101 111011 1 110 1101101 1110001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Talk Back With 'Tude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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