I Pray To Have Your Memory Linger by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Pray To Have Your Memory Linger that begins with:

What we had yesterday...
From me, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB CDECD ABB XdeXX CDECD ABB BXBdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,5,5,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 01 101101 111111 11011 111010011 0100010 01101 111101 01 101101 111110 111101 11011101111 101011 00101101011 111111 11011 111010011 0100010 01101 111101 01 101101 1001 1101110010 1001 110101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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:

    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'd is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word away 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 Pray To Have Your Memory Linger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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