You Keep Pushing That Bash Back by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Keep Pushing That Bash Back that begins with:

You can push that bitter bash back.
You can push that bitter bash back....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAABC AAABC AAAc AADAEADAEAA AAABC BC DAEADAEAAXEAeADAeABC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,11,5,2,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 11111011 11111011 111010001011 011110111 11111011 11111011 11111011 111010001011 011110111 1110111 1110111 1110111 11110101 11111011 11111011 1010 111 1110 111 1010 111 1110 111 11111011 11111011 11111011 11111011 111010001011 011110111 111010001011 011110111 1010 111 1110 111 1010 111 1110 111 11111011 1110 111 11110 111 1010 111 11110 111 111010001011 011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bitter, you, can, push, that, bash, back are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines back is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word had at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of You Keep Pushing That Bash Back;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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