This is an analysis of the poem Stop Your Masochistic Fishing that begins with:
Don't start...
Saying that you're missing my kissing, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAX CBAX DXDXX ABAX DXDXDXX CBADXaBAXABAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,7,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 101110110 1110 1010 11 100010 1011101 11010 110100 1110100 110100 1110100 11010 11 101110110 1110 1010 110100 1110100 110100 1110100 110100 1110100 11010 11 100010 1011101 110100 1110100 111 101110110 1110 1010 11 101110110 1110 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word comeon at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Stop Your Masochistic Fishing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Creation Of A Truth Produced
- Analysis of Go On And Slam The Door
- Analysis of Latched Onto Your Back
