This is an analysis of the poem That Better Life that begins with:
Stop seeing those doctors dropping,
On you another pill....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcDeXDBF ABcDB GcDB FDhDB GBGbGBG GcDB FDhDB IEEIEE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,4,5,7,4,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010 110101 1 1101001 10101001 11 1101001 11011001 111011001 11011010 110101 1 1101001 11011001 10111010101 1 1101001 11011001 111011001 01100101101 1 1101001 11011001 1101 011101 1101 011000 1101 011101 1101 10111010101 1 1101001 11011001 111011001 01100101101 1 1101001 11011001 01 11011 1111001001 01 11011 1111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word stop 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 life is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word fulfill at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of That Better Life;
- 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 That's Real Sick
- Analysis of Millions Of Dollars
- Analysis of A Sickened Mindset Permitted
