Who Gave It To Them? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Who Gave It To Them? that begins with:

Excuse me...
I am new in this neighborhood....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXcXdc XX bXEFDAGE cXheX ddc XcXXbhEFDAGE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,8,5,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 11100101 1 1 1110010 111110 11011110 1110101 111 1 11 1 100111011 101100011 11000 11011 1110 11111111 110100111 11 1110 1110110 111001 1100111 1 1111 1101011 11100111000 110010100 110101 1 01 101100011 11000 11011 1110 11111111 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, it are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Who Gave It To Them?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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