If You Take Me As Your Hostage by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem If You Take Me As Your Hostage that begins with:

If you take me as your hostage,
I will have to stop......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD ABCD cAcA XAEXeAXX X ABCD XAEXe XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,1,4,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111110 10101 11001 10101110 01111110 10101 11001 10101110 1010110101 110001010 1101011111 110001010 1110111 110001010 111 0100111100 1 110001010 111111 11101 111 01111110 10101 11001 10101110 1110111 110001010 111 0100111100 1 1111110001 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

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

  • summary of If You Take Me As Your Hostage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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