If You Decide To Go by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If You Decide To Go that begins with:

You can not leave me cold and wet.
Not at this moment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAABXAc AAAcabX AAAABXAc XcaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11010 111 0110010 00101 11110010 010101 01 11111111 11010 111 1110010111 110101 10 11100101 11111111 11010 111 0110010 00101 11110010 010101 01 10010101 010101101 011011 0111 10101010101 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; not is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

    The author used the same word you 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 You Decide To Go;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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