Those 'Maybe' Days by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Those 'Maybe' Days that begins with:

Baby...
We all have awakened to have those 'maybe' days! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfdd gbX aefdd adgdgX chgeh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,5,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 111010011101 001001010 11011 110010 1001010 1101010111 10101 0101111 111111011011 1111001011011 11110010 111010 10101 11110101101 11101100101 10110111 110 11 11101 11101 1111010 01101111101 11010 110111 1111001 01001 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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 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; we, 'maybe', and are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Those 'Maybe' Days;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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