When Father's Day Nears by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When Father's Day Nears that begins with:

I give my daddy the props,
But my mama deserves the praise....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbb XdXXbba bdeecXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 11100101 11101001 1110 101111011 11011011011 101011 111101 111101 101101 10101 110101 1100111011 100110110 010101 11110101 111 111011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

    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; my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of When Father's Day Nears;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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