When Do You Plan To Leave? by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When Do You Plan To Leave? that begins with:

You have made more re-appearances,
In 'my' world......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBC XXabXaXb ABCBC dcda XBbcXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110100 011 01 01111011 0111110111 1010010 1010011010100 011010110110 01111110110 11011110000 01011 111011 1111 111110100 011 01 01111011 0111110111 111101010 10011 0101010 110111101100 111010 011 1010011011101 1010011100 110 11011101010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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; you, in are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of When Do You Plan To Leave?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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