They Finally Got The Message by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem They Finally Got The Message that begins with:

Why are they sobbing?
'They are saying, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abX Xc XcdeddfX bgb gdXf f XhXbX eeedi XXhiX iXdfggid fX dc XX c dbdX Xe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,2,8,3,4,1,5,5,5,8,2,2,2,1,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1110 101100111 1101011101 10101 11011100101 1 1 100111001 0010011010 001001101 111011011 001 1111011101 11 111111101 11111001111 11010 01011 101111 01010101011 111 1 0100101101000 0110101100 11101111011 101010111 11 110101110 01001010 1101 111101 1 10110111 1111100 111 111011001 101 1111010 1111010001 1100010111 11111111 00101 1111011 111111001 1100 010011101011 101 111 111100 111101111 11101101 1101010 101010010 11010011 1011 1 1111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, they are repeated.

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  • summary of They Finally Got The Message;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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