If You Still Remembered Me by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If You Still Remembered Me that begins with:

This space I wanted,
Seems too large and empty...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXb cddeb AeXe dcef agdacg hefh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 111110 011 001 1101110 10111111 101111111 111111 01110 111011 011011 110111 11 11101 111111 1001010 11101011 11111111 1011 1111110 1101001011 111111011 1111101 11110111 011110 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, have, to, would are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of If You Still Remembered Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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