In My Heart You Belong by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In My Heart You Belong that begins with:

You are missed.
And, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCAbC AbCAbC DDC DDC XacXC DDC DDCXAbCAbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,3,5,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1 0111111 111 1 011101 111 1 0111111 111 1 011101 1110111 11110101 10111111 11111001 11111011 0011101 111001 0011 1111 10101 0011101 1110111 11110101 10111111 11111001 11111011 0011101 111 1 0111111 111 1 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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

    The author used the same words you, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word belong at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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