I Pray This Comes To You by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Pray This Comes To You that begins with:

I pray this comes to you,
With a warmness in your heart......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC AddXE AXe AdDDff DDc ABC AXDDfEXDDc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,6,3,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 0010011 111110 110101 101 1101 01 101111 110101 010111 111111 110101 0101 11 11100 010 010 11 11100 1 110101 0010011 111110 110101 101011101 11 11100 010 101111 11 11100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word 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 Pray This Comes To You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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