Give Me That Signal by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Give Me That Signal that begins with:

Take your hands out your pockets...
And, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaAAAAA XBXbXcc AAAA XB AAaAA XBAAAAAAAAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,4,2,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1 1110010 111101011 11110 111101011 11110 111101011 01100 1101011111 100 11010111101 01100 11110110001 1111 11110 111101011 11110 111101011 01100 1101011111 110101011 11110 110101011 11110 110101011 01100 1101011111 110101011 11110 110101011 11110 110101011 11110 110101011 11110 110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; that, you, in are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Give Me That Signal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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