Like You And I Were In A Marriage? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Like You And I Were In A Marriage? that begins with:

You say I have been harsh and critical,
Aloof and seem to be unreasonably embittered....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX cdXXXe CcdX aXefeXbgcf CX gXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,10,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011100 01110001000010 110111101000 11110111010 11 0101101011 110101000101010 11101001100110 101110010100100 11011 11 1101110101 01011 1010111011 1 1001 10111110001 101 11110 01111010 1 11111 01001011011111010 1100111010 11 1111000101 11 1011 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Like You And I Were In A Marriage?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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