I Have A Love For People by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Have A Love For People that begins with:

Feelings on my left and right,
Are mine......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC ABD AEe AEa FGG FGGG FGG FGGG FGG ABC ABD FGGXFGGG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,4,3,4,3,3,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 11 01 1011111 11 0110 1011111 11 1011101 1011111 11 10111001 1101 110 111110011 1101 110 111110011 11001101 1101 110 111110011 1101 110 111110011 11001101 1101 110 111110011 1011111 11 01 1011111 11 0110 1101 110 111110011 1101 110 111110011 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same words feelings, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of I Have A Love For People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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