I Heard What You Said by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Heard What You Said that begins with:

You understand me?
WHEW....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaBC BC bc cXX XXccX XacXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,2,3,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1 1001 11110101 111001001 0100101111 1011 11010111 1011 11010111 1011 11011111 111111 1111 10101000 1 0110 01001110 1111 101011100 1 11111 1111001 111111 10111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word that 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 I Heard What You Said;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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