This is an analysis of the poem What Other Place Is More Mixed Up that begins with:
Black is the color of my skin.
Well......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdEXXa XXbfEggh feeXXicfaaafjX bXXgjX ihX eiefgacXhXXaafXhfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,14,6,3,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010011 1 11011 11010 11 110100101110 11101100 1101110101 11 10 1 1100001001 11 111 1111 1111 11 1 11 101011101 111010 11111011 11011 1101 00010110100100 11001010100 110010 1 010111 1011 111110 111100110110 1101000 111010110 111011 1111 11101001111 1111 1001101 01 1110110111 101111 111011101 1111101101 11011 11111000110 0110010101101 1110111110 0101110 1100100101110 1101 11111111 1101010010 111 0101011011 1101011110100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; my, then, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, i, then, and are repeated.
The author used the same words my, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What Other Place Is More Mixed Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of Heated Words
- Analysis of Is That Done With Intent?
