This is an analysis of the poem Something I Have Attracts that begins with:
Say that again!
'I'm straight.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X X XX Xba cbX ccXXd XddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,2,3,3,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 11 10000 101 11 1110100 11011 1101 111 11101 100111000111 1 1 10000 1101 111110100 11 1100100 0100 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 45
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word oh is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines oh is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase oh connects the lines.
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- summary of Something I Have Attracts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of So Missed With It (Si Manqué Avec Cela)
- Analysis of Selective Obnoxiousness
- Analysis of Get The Hint?
