Love Door by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Love Door that begins with:

You want all my lovin'.
But just pieces I get....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAb Xbc XbXXada XaaeXe XAXBFf XAgXAXBFdbgFgXAXBbcfXfF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,6,6,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 111011 101011 11110 101111 01110111 1 11011 1 1 110111 10101 1011 11 1010 101 00111 11011 111 1 110 1 11011 11111 111101 111110 111011 1 1 110 1 11011 11111 10100011111 0101 01011 01111 1 1 110 1 11011 0111110101 010 001111 111111 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Love Door;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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