You Need To Write This Stuff Down by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Need To Write This Stuff Down that begins with:

The state of all quality of life,
Has weakened in the face of greed......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdde de X XX eabXXXbX cXcXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,1,2,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110001 11000101 1010101010 00101000100 10010101000100 00110111001 10010111 111010101110 100000000 11 100010 1110101010000 0001001 001010001011 10000100010 111001 1011010 100111 0111010 1 11111100 1101011 1111 1101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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 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; of is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of You Need To Write This Stuff Down;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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