This is an analysis of the poem You Can Not Call These Folks Mentally Sick that begins with:
They can not get enough,
Of being in someone else's business....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXdX ce fbda XcfXXcg hhgdefdda gX XXdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,4,7,9,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 0100111010 111011 10111 001010111101 1010100 0101100100 11101110 1011111000101 111101 10101101001 1111010001101 10111101 110101010 01010100 10101 01110111 1010001 10101 1110010010 1111111001 10100010010 111101 00101010 0100101 0101010 10101111 101111 110110 0010001 0101010 11001001 111111101010010 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; they is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of You Can Not Call These Folks Mentally Sick;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Hollow Rituals
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