I Have Never Had That Need by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Have Never Had That Need that begins with:

If I was not an author with innovative thoughts,
On a mission to create my own compositions......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdc ebfge aadad X g fX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,1,1,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110010101 1010001111010 110011011010 0010010111010 00101100001 111011111101 01001110111 10101000101 11110101111 01100101011101 11110011110 01 1111101101 00100011100010 111111101000010101 1011101111000 1110111110011 1111 11111000 1001110011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of I Have Never Had That Need;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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