Top Honors by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Top Honors that begins with:

I 'use' to wish this,
But I didn't attend......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXXdcd Xeb efbgg ahaiXccXfhbabdihh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,5,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 111001 1100 101111 00 111100111 111101101 11101 1111 10010111111 1 1011011110000101 111011 111 11101001010 101111101 1111 11101110 11001110 0010100111 1110111 1111101 01111 0101001 1 011 1011010 110100010001 00101001 01 11 01010001110 01011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; i 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 Top Honors;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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