Poem Analysis of That's Racist by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem That's Racist that begins with:

The minds of those poisoned,
On both sides of the fence......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

Rhyme scheme: ABCDEBCFG X h bbaaaaiXc X jj ABCDEBCFG X dXd ABCDEBCFG aXccddi XXha
Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,1,9,1,2,9,1,3,9,7,4,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 010110 111001 01110010 010100101 110100110101 0010001100 1111111001 11010000100 01010011110 11011101100 1101101001101 101000110100 1010001 0010010101010 1111100 100011101 110111001001 0010110 10110111 010010011101 111110 11011 11110010111 010110 111001 01110010 010100101 110100110101 0010001100 1111111001 11010000100 01010011110 1101010 11111 111111 1111111 010110 111001 01110010 010100101 110100110101 0010001100 1111111001 11010000100 01010011110 1 101 011111010100 11011101010 10101011111 10111100 111100110 110 01 1101010
Amount of stanzas: 13
Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
Average number of words per stanza: 28
Amount of lines: 55
Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
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, have, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is 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 That's Racist;
central theme;
idea of the verse;
history of its creation;
critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.

That's Racist by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar