I'M Sure You Get The Point by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I'M Sure You Get The Point that begins with:

If you are in a conversation,
You 'thought' was being shared......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccaaab bddeXdff XXXXXXX ffaeXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001010 111101 10010111 010101111 110000101001 11100010101 11010010 0101010 1 10010101 10100101 101011 11001000010 11110101 111110011 11101001 1 110 111001 11 1 1110100 11001 011101 1011 1011001010 11111110 11010110 0011010 110011 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; you, huh, uh are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of I'M Sure You Get The Point;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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