Feeling Romantic by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Feeling Romantic that begins with:

You made me feel like this.
Oh yes you did....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDe bXXXXb eXeABCDe X X bX DDX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,8,1,1,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1110 11 10010 10100 1 1111110 11101 101011 10101001 0101111010 1011111 1000111000 10110111 111110 1110 11 10010 1010100100 1010011 1 11 10010011 11 11 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Feeling Romantic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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