We Leave With One Agreement by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem We Leave With One Agreement that begins with:

My heart does not accept tryouts.
Or auditions for its affections....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddXebbXeddcddaaddfdfddb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 111010010 10111101 001010 011110 010000101010 1101 110101010 001100 00 101001 11010001101 11 1101010 1001011 010100 110110001100 111011010001 10111100100100 111011100 010101 11000101001 11101010 11000010101010 110110010 110011001 110111 1010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 899
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

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

  • summary of We Leave With One Agreement;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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