Without The Money by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Without The Money that begins with:

It is always the economy,
Affecting needs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbXc ACDEFE afaXafffXf ACDEFEXabafcba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001100100 0101 1100 1111010 10101 001100100 111111 1110011010 001010110001 1111 1101001101 01010 1010101 101110 1010101 1000110 11101111 110000111 010011 01001001 11101 001100100 111111 1110011010 001010110001 1111 1101001101 00110 11011011 0011010110 111101 1000100101 01001101 011010100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; that is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word it 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 Without The Money;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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