You Will Come To Know The Obvious by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Will Come To Know The Obvious that begins with:

Why is that crowd over there...
Backed up into a corner....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XDdedd d XDaXXXX cdd fcXf XgX gebXXfbXff X XeXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,1,7,3,4,3,10,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1100010 100 1101011010 1 10101 110010110 01010001 1110101 1101000111100 100 1 10101 11101010011 1010001111 110 11011001 00101111000 1010111000 111001 11101011100 111010101110110 010110011011010 1010111 01110100 1 111 1110111001011001 11 1111 110 0101110 101010100110 111100 101100110 11011010011 010011100100 1100100100 10110011101 1 11011 11011100 001001 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; as, you are repeated.

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

  • summary of You Will Come To Know The Obvious;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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