You'Ve Got A Stuck Up Butt by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Got A Stuck Up Butt that begins with:

You've got a stuck up butt.
And you want to keep it strutted, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXB A cD A XEEFCAA cD X EE FCAA CAACAACAACAa AXBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,2,1,7,2,1,2,4,12,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11101010 11100110 1110111 11111 11111 1110111 101 11 01010101011 1111111 101010001 11 011001 11111 11111 101 11 01010101011 1111111 101010001 11 011001 101010001 11 011001 101010001 11 011001 101010001 11 011001 101010001 11 01100 110111 11101010 11100110 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of You'Ve Got A Stuck Up Butt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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