Of Course I Made To You Promises by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Of Course I Made To You Promises that begins with:

Of course I made to you promises,
With the wish to fulfill them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefcebbdgf X XgXad X a XafX bdh bXhXXXddf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,1,5,1,1,4,3,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101100 0010010 100100110001 1101011111001 111001010101 1111001001010 01110001 1100010111 010101 0111100100 11101001 01001100011101 00111010001010 101110111001 11011001 1111101 1100111010 0101011101100 1110101101011 1 11110111110 1 101110100100 11110 10111110011 11 11001101 0101111 11 110110 011010100101 1110100010110 0010101101010 1 1111101011 00101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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, to, you, have are repeated.

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

  • summary of Of Course I Made To You Promises;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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