I Can Not Imagine by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Can Not Imagine that begins with:

I can not imagine living,
Anywhere......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCDEEFGD bhidecXXiX AbCDEEFGDjaXd dX hdfe X Khcfjkcjcc XXKdj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,13,2,4,1,10,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 101 01110 000100 1010011010 010101 11100010 0001001 10100101100 11101010101 0111010101 10100001001 1101010001 11101010 1001111111 0110100 0010100 1010010111101 0001010101000 11101010 101 01110 000100 1010011010 010101 11100010 0001001 10100101100 1101 11110010100 10101 1001010101 1101101001 101000101001 111011101 01110010001 0100100 11010010 11111 11 1101101 11011 01001001101 1010001 0011111 0010001010101 01101110011 11011100 1111110100 110110 11 1111011 01000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of I Can Not Imagine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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