Up Inside My Head by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Up Inside My Head that begins with:

I want to love you,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abca AbXddcefGhFG FGhFG AbiXAbedGea AdGEaXAdigeEaEaE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,5,11,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1 1101110010 11 11011 1 010111100 1 0101010001 01010 1 01001 11 1 101001 11 101001 11 1 101001 11 11011 1 101111 0101010100 11011 1 010101101 1 11111100101 0111 1 11011 1 11111100101 10111 1 11011 1 111111 10101 1 10111 1 10111 1 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • 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; i'm, help, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Up Inside My Head;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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