When Is Your Next Appointment? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When Is Your Next Appointment? that begins with:

So alone goes those needs,
One keeps secretly....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbcd dccbaebXfXXd cXfa gbeaacabX b XXXgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,4,9,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 11100 01111001 1001011 111101 101001 111010 100110 111001 111011100 111100 01110 101 1 1110000010 111101 1000010 00101 01011010 11101 111110111 1111101 0111100 110010011010110 1111001 11110001001101 011010 11010111011 11110110111 10110111000 10011011101 0010011011 1011010 1 1101111 1010 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of When Is Your Next Appointment?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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