This is an analysis of the poem Personal Gift that begins with:
When are you really going to say what's on your mind?
'Ive been saying what's on my mind! '...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X bcd X efbafdXe dX bfgcd X hXhdXbdXhaehbX XfgdgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,1,8,2,5,1,14,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010011111 101011111 1 10101111 11101010010 11011110001101 1 11001 1100101 1010 111 10111010010 01111101 1110111101 1001100 011 1 110 1111110 11111 1110001001 1011 11010111 1111011101 110101010 1001000101 10010110 11001101 111101111 010010 111 1111 11 1101001 1 11101 111011 11 111110010100 1110100111001 110 11110001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; on, what's, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Personal Gift;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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