This Creation That I Am Is Yours by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem This Creation That I Am Is Yours that begins with:

I feel such a ray within me radiating.
Each time You and I are alone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc De bFb aegfXa e Dc Acac FbhdXX iiggdebgXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,6,1,2,4,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010111010 11111101 1111000010001 1111110 01011101011 101001001011 111011 00111111 101111111 1010101 11100110 01111 11110101 111101 1101111100 1111110 1 111010111010 00101 0111100010 111010100 111011 001111111 1111011010 1101101111 101111 1111101100 111100 110 1101 110010101 110101 1111 0010101 1101101 0010111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of This Creation That I Am Is Yours;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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