Gift Certificate by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Gift Certificate that begins with:

Don't give your love to me,
As if a gift certificate....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacdecb BBFCBBGDBC HagaiagXfX BBFCBBGDBC Xbdb HeiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 10010100 11011 111110 010101 01100 01100010 1111101 1111010 111110100 11001 111 110101 1110001 11010100 01010 010101 0101001 0010010 1100111 110 1101 110111 1101 110001001 01 11011 111010 11111 01011110000 11001 111 110101 1110001 11010100 01010 010101 0101001 0010010 1100111 111001 0101010100 10010010 0101110 110 0101 111 1110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Gift Certificate;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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