Those People Are Back Here...Again by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Those People Are Back Here...Again that begins with:

Here they come again!
'Close the blinds....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbXcX ddea X FFe cX gg XecXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,4,1,3,2,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 101 1101 010101 11 101 0111101 10 10 1101 1101 11011100 110 110 11001 1101010101 1010110101 1101 10001 11 00011 1111010 111001001 1001 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; people is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines people is repeated).

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  • summary of Those People Are Back Here...Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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