Whatever It Is That Irritates by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Whatever It Is That Irritates that begins with:

I've been shown to know,
Some days I have......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadaeeff XghfaadXbdb gXfgf daX XXc XX fgh X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,5,3,3,2,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 1111 1101111111 1000100101 1010101001 1111 101010 0010101010010 101 101110101010 11101101000 10010100010101 1110010101000 1011001 0100111111 1110101 1111111111 00100111000 101100010001 10111100111 11101111 10101111101 110110111 101101 0010001001 011110 11110010101 011111 1101111110 1101010 110001101 000011101100 1 111110001 101111011 1111101 111110110 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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, it, you are repeated.

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

  • summary of Whatever It Is That Irritates;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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