This is an analysis of the poem If I Love You that begins with:
I've never felt your touch.
Or tenderness....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XababCcdX EfEfCcX abgbgXgegde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 1100 01001 11001001 010101 11 110101 11111 010101 0111 001001101 0111 110111101 11 110101 10101 111 1 101 011 1100 111 1101 11010 111 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (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 If I Love You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of I Offered You My Understanding
- Analysis of In Unknown Directions
- Analysis of To Make It Happen
