This is an analysis of the poem I Was There. You Were Not that begins with:
What happened?
I told you I wanted to go with you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX XaXXX X XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 1111100101 1110110 1101 111 101 111 11111101 111101010 001 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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- summary of I Was There. You Were Not;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Not Asked To Leave!
- Analysis of Earned From Lessons Learned
- Analysis of This Does Exist In Me
