This is an analysis of the poem That Is All I Ask that begins with:
If you make decisions to put words in my mouth.
Words you put there to say come out....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcaB XbcXaB bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 011010011011 11110111 11011100100 1111001101010 1101100111101 0111110011 1101 1100100 1111001101010 110110011 1101 0111110011 11010100 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.
The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word lips at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of That Is All I Ask;
- 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 Demands Of Accomplishment
- Analysis of Feeling Truth A Bit Too Thick
- Analysis of When I Speak, You Begin To Write
