Where Demographics Are Marketed by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Where Demographics Are Marketed that begins with:

I can not be a true racist.
There is nothing I possess, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA cXXcc ABCA Xaaddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 1010101 10111100 11101 1110010010 111100111 11111100 110110 101111 11100110 1010101 10111100 11101 01101000100 11001110 1101101001 1111 110101100 1110001 01001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Where Demographics Are Marketed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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