Those Pickings Grow Slim by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Those Pickings Grow Slim that begins with:

Although their cupboards are bare,
Those nourished on a greatness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcccacb dbeec bcedXcaccbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 1101010 11001 01101 101001 1101 00010001 010111 1010 1111011 0010001 001010010 01010 1100101010 1 11010111 11 0111010 110110100 001101 10111 1 111100 1110010 10100111001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; they 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 Those Pickings Grow Slim;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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