One I Should Run Away From by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem One I Should Run Away From that begins with:

If you want another like the other that you had,
I know I am not the one......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBbbbc XadeeeX fdfdfbXABBBcbBb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101010111 1111101 011001101 11 1100110101 11 1111100 10111101011101 111010 1111111011 101 101000111 01 11010101 111111 1111010 11 1111010 111 10101011 0110101010111 1111101 011001101 111 1011100 110111011 111 110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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