Until Your Face Turns Blue Or Red by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Until Your Face Turns Blue Or Red that begins with:

You can attack what I've said all you want.
In fact you have an open invitation....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXccc bXXdbbbbdb bXaeaaecXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111111 01111101010 110100100010 10011 1110010 01111111 01110101 10100010111 11101011101 1100101 111000 10011111010010 111011101101 11010011101 0111111 10100101111 0100010 0100101010 01001010 110111010 1111010100 00100 11101101 111100100 1010101001001 11010100010 11 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, or, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Until Your Face Turns Blue Or Red;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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