Masochistic Wishes by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Masochistic Wishes that begins with:

There is a need for some,
To get their pleasure felt and delivered......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXXXcb deF cgbX XDd Xdg ABXX GDdeFXfGD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,4,3,3,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 0111011010 11100 11010000 1110101 1011010 101001 100 1 11000110 0110001 11101001010 0101011010 00100101001010 00010011 1101101 100010100101 101001001000 11101 1000101010100 100111 0111011010 11100 11010000 100010 1101101 100 1 11000110 1110000110 100010 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines this is repeated).

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

  • summary of Masochistic Wishes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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