Admire, I Do...You by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Admire, I Do...You that begins with:

Admire,
I do......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBb XbbXb aBb XXc ccXc aBb dXad cdcbdce aBbbDXEDED
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,3,4,3,4,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 11 1 010001110 0101101 100001 1111001 111 01 11 1 0111 01111 111111 1101 1101 011110 1101001 01 11 1 1111 01110 111101 11111 101101 011101 1110111 1011011 111 101111 1 01 11 1 1101111111 11 01 11 01 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3

  • 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; your, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Admire, I Do...You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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