All I Want, Is...You! by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem All I Want, Is...You! that begins with:

All I want,
Is......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbBC AbDEFX AbBC AbDEFgFgFG AbfFX AbfFX AbffGFX AbfFF AbfFFXAbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,10,5,5,7,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 0 0100110 011101 111 0 1100111 011101 1111011 0110100 111 0 0100110 011101 111 0 1100111 011101 1111011 011001 1111011 011111 11111011 0010101 111 0 1 1111011 0110100 111 0 1 1111011 011111 111 0 1 11111011 0010101 11111011 101111 111 0 1 1111011 11111011 111 0 1 1111011 11111011 111 0 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; you, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ', you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of All I Want, Is...You!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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