Too Comfortable A Passenger by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Too Comfortable A Passenger that begins with:

You have come much too late,
To request from me to give to you......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD XeffXXf eaaa ABCD afafd gXfXcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,4,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 001010101 1111 111011 001111010 111011 0111 110100110 0101010010 11010111 010011 11011001 0011001 0110100110101 000101000 111111 001010101 1111 111011 1101001 10101110 0010011111 1011011010 01010110001 10101000 1110101 01110101010 11101110000100 0110101010101 10011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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 Too Comfortable A Passenger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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