That's Too Old School by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem That's Too Old School that begins with:

Exposing one's imperfections,
To openly confess to address......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXacbdeab dXX a bdX cbed XdXX ffeXd XXaXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,3,1,3,4,4,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011010 010001011 01101010 01001 110101001 10101011010 1010010 1100100100 1010100010100 1011101 1101001010 010010100 111011110 1101 0100110010 10010101 110 111000110 01101001011 0111011 0110011 110100101 1111010 10 100 101011101100 011010 1 11010 0111101 11010000101 11010 111111 11100100101000 11111010011 11 110101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

  • summary of That's Too Old School;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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