The poem is divided into three sections, each of which includes six lines.

ABABAB is the overall rhyme

pattern of the poem. Peter Porter, the poet, has a thorough understanding of social history, which
explains the meaning of his poem. Although he was Australian, he was regarded as a British poet. His
writings have been described as melancholy, succinct, and witty. "Be subtle, varied, decorative, smart,"
is one of his favorite quotations. That pretty much sums up the poem's structure. It's written in a formal
manner, with a rhyme system, yet the context is strange in a clever way, since certain words are utilized
as designs. The themes of judgment and death reoccur throughout this poem. With a combination of
formal, insulting, irony as well as obnoxious tones. Porter employed a large number of literary
techniques. Starting with the most apparent, a reference to one of Francis Bacon's quotes: "Men fear
death as children fear going out in the dark; and as that inherent fear in the children is heightened by
stories, so is the other." Everything else is a metaphor. The poem starts with a "mosquito" being killed,
which is a perfectly common thing to do until the last line, which mentions the "court." This suggests
that the location it was attempting to portray is within a judge's courtroom. The poem continues with
the unequal judgment, which is shown as if it were like attempting to kill a mosquito, implying that we
would never care about murdering someone who annoys us since it would just cause us discomfort or
difficulty in scratching. He concluded by quoting Bacon, who said that the pen is just as powerful as a
blood vessel, and that it is pleasant to see a mistake accepted as if it were a mosquito. You're happy
because you're delighted to have finally gotten rid of those that disturb you, whether you did it correctly
or not, much like we are after eliminating a mosquito.