Who Let These Kids Back In The Schoolyard? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Who Let These Kids Back In The Schoolyard? that begins with:

Racial epithets.
Addressed to express and with effect....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcD bEcD deda fABcD BBcDdGBcD dbEcD BBcDdGBcDXDFDfDFDd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,9,5,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 010011001 1 111110011 110111 010101101 1 111110011 1110111010 01000101101 11110111010 0010101101111110 1 10101 010011001 1 111110011 1101 111111 1 110110110 1 01111 10101011 1 110110110 1 10111 010101101 1 111110011 1101 111111 1 110110110 1 01111 10101011 1 110110110 111110011 011111 111110011 000111 111110011 011111 111110011 000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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