Seeking Someone Special by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Seeking Someone Special that begins with:

I have come right back to where I started.
Healed from a broken heart....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCD ceeX bfXb bbXX aBCDXde bbgXeeX bgXb Xef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,7,7,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101110 100101 1010100 10101 11111111 110110001011 1101011 001010101 110010101 1010101000 11010010 001001 111101 11101001 010111 100010110100 111101110 100101 1010100 10101 001100 111110010 1010101110 111001 111 110 110011 111100101 11010011 11101 1101 110111010 111101110 10011101111 11011 100101101010 11110011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Seeking Someone Special;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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