I See You In The Spring by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I See You In The Spring that begins with:

I see you in the Spring.
So full of life......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC aadc XdXee ABC fXXf ABCXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110001 1101 10100 1111000111 0001010 111101 1001011 1101011 01110101 11000110101 100101 1100101 1110001 1101 10100 110010111 01011 111001 0100101001 1110001 1101 10100 1111 1011010 110111 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; to, in 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.

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

  • summary of I See You In The Spring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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