I Loved The Way You Did It by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Loved The Way You Did It that begins with:

Hey...
I am the joke....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCdED eXXbXXa XfaBCdEDgX aghHXegfgAAH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,10,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1101 11101000 010 11 1011010110 1 1110110100 11110111 0101010001 1010111101 11 1111010101 111010 110100110 1 1101 11101000 010 11 1011010110 111 010 110111111 0010010 11111 1101100 1 1 111011 10101 111 111 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, laugh are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word it 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 Loved The Way You Did It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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