What's Wrong With This World by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem What's Wrong With This World that begins with:

What's wrong with this World?
'Nothing but the people.'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A X B X cdcdccdd A X b X eeXdabXb A X B X facbbgef A X b HgHgHX X HgHgHX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,8,1,1,1,1,8,1,1,1,1,8,1,1,1,6,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 101010 1110111 101010 110101 01010110 1100001 010110 111101 1110101 10101111 11001001 101001 101010 11101111 101010 1001001 10101101 101111 1001110 11100101 0111101 110110011 11101110 11001 101010 1110111 101010 110110111 0111010 11100101 0011010010 11110 01 11 1001001 101001 101010 10101111 101010101 1 101010101 1 101010101 1011 101 101010101 1 101010101 1 101010101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • 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 What's Wrong With This World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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