When You Finish Your Swim In The Moat by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When You Finish Your Swim In The Moat that begins with:

When you finish,
Your swim in the moat......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD BEF gfXXXhgh ABCDXBEFcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 11001 1111 1011 11010111 111100 1111 1101000111 10111 0101110 1110111001 111101 1011100111 1010111 11 1110 11001 1111 1011 11010111 111100 1111 1111111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

    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; you, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word leave 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 When You Finish Your Swim In The Moat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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