That's It. I Quit by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem That's It. I Quit that begins with:

Who am I fooling when I say...
Go away! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabb AABBA CCCcCADDB AABBAXCCCcCADDBa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 101 110100 11001111 11110111 101 1011 1011 11 1101111 0111 0011111 1 111101101 001 1010111101 1101 1101 11110111 101 1011 1011 11 1101111 0111 0011111 1 111101101 001 1010111101 1101 1101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that's is repeated.

    The author used the same word who 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 quit is repeated).

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  • summary of That's It. I Quit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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