If I Wished To Kiss Your Lips by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If I Wished To Kiss Your Lips that begins with:

That's absolutely foolish of you,
To believe I would have 'no' opinion......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE dXXXXXfb ABCDEaabX Xcfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,9,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 0011111010 101011 111111011 1111100 11110 11111 001110001 1111010100 011 111101010 1101010100 1101110011010 110101001 0011111010 101011 111111011 1111100 11 1110011 1011111 01 110 0110111 11011011 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of If I Wished To Kiss Your Lips;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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