This is an analysis of the poem If It Is Not About You that begins with:
If it is not about you,
That you keep such desire to do......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbX XcXda XdaaXa X efXe XX edcf XXaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,1,4,2,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001011 111101001 01 110010 10101010110 0011011 1101111 11100010 1101110 0011011 110101001010 0110101111 100011 00101110101 0010010 000101 100011 11 111101 011100110 111100101101 1 11110101 110101100 1101001001 0010010101010 001000101 1110010011 100011 0111011 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; that, not, it are repeated.
The author used the same word if 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 It Is Not About 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 If It's Wanted
- Analysis of To Infest And Manifest
- Analysis of Equally Sheltered And Confused
