Perhaps It Is You Who Is Disappointed by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Perhaps It Is You Who Is Disappointed that begins with:

I am not looking to receive anything from you.
My expectations have not been allowed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX aaXX Xbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000110101 1101011001 0111 11010010111010 101001101010 001011110 1101101111 010 11101001 111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, you are repeated.

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

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

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