'You Better Spice This With Brown Sugar' by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem 'You Better Spice This With Brown Sugar' that begins with:

Last night...
I whipped up something, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa bbca XXXc dXc XXaXXaXadXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11110 011101 11101110 0010 1001101 100101 110110100 1011110 1100100110 010101 1001 110100110 10101 111100101 010100 111 010011010101 11001001101010 1110 1001 011 1 11010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are 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 'You Better Spice This With Brown Sugar';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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