That Is Not Positive Feedback by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem That Is Not Positive Feedback that begins with:

We've been extremely successful,
In isolating ourselves......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdX aeXXXed XX fgbb XX eXXXbX XcebfeX dachghdXeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,4,2,6,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010 0101001 000100011 11011101010 1 01010101010 01010110111 111100100010 001010100 0101010010 00100010000 11001100 111100101 101100010 1 111010 11 11010011 111 1111100101010 10 1110100111110100 111 111 00100010101010 010101011101 10101 010 10 111101111010 010100101010100 0 110110100 010100100 10101001000101 11 1011001111 1 1110101 101100110011 001001 11 1001 0100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; that, yes are repeated.

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

  • summary of That Is Not Positive Feedback;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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