Too Many Downlow Who Are Lowdown by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Too Many Downlow Who Are Lowdown that begins with:

The only thing that upsets me,
About those scandalous allegations......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdee dXXeXbe XcXfdfa XX fedXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011011 0111001010 10111001000 10101010100 111111 110001 110111101 010011010000 11010111 1111100101 011100110101 0010101 1111101 0010101 11111010 111111001100 10010011000 1100011111 0110110001 1010010 110101 1 10110101 01 11111 11101 11011001 101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, me are repeated.

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

  • summary of Too Many Downlow Who Are Lowdown;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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