No You Wont by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem No You Wont that begins with:

Oh no you wont,
Be the one to have me weak in the knees......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb addbeedd aDBfX adgX aDBf XbhX Xh X aagc XXbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,5,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 0010111001 0101011 101111 111 111010111 010111011001 01 101010101 10001010101 1101010010111 01101111111 11 001011101 001000110101 1 11110011 1010111 0111 011101010100 01101 111 001011101 001000110101 1101010111101 1 1111001 11111101 111 1 1101 1110001010110 0111 1 1000 111 1110011110 111011 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, with are repeated.

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

  • summary of No You Wont;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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