Looking For A Way To Say...C-Ya by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Looking For A Way To Say...C-Ya that begins with:

What I have yet learned not to do,
Is to offer to anyone anything I believe......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdXbcc babXde X fab X dXfbX eX dfX X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,1,3,1,5,2,3,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 00100100101101 11000100 1111010 011010 11100110 0010110 010010101 001001101 1101010 01101 11111001010 10110011 10111 100100010 10100010 11111 11 01111111011 11010000110101 1001 101010 101001 10111000 01100101 0010101001 11101011010 111 10010 111111010101 11 11111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; to, i, you are repeated.

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

  • summary of Looking For A Way To Say...C-Ya;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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