Demanding Your Love In Return by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Demanding Your Love In Return that begins with:

Comforted by Your comfort.
And a faith that keeps 'Us' connected....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF afdgdg beeXgab fa ABCDEF hdgddde eiaghghi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,2,6,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 101111010 111010101001 11101 1011010 0110010101 11111101 1100010100 110110101 111 11011 1110110101 10100110001 1111010010010 010001101010 111011100 1001010 01111111 1100101 0101101101 1111001001 1001110 101111010 111010101001 11101 1011010 0110010101 1011 01011 01011101 0111 110100111 111 01011001 1101 110101111 11111 1011 11111 101111111 00101 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, they are repeated.

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

  • summary of Demanding Your Love In Return;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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