When You'Re Making Up by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When You'Re Making Up that begins with:

When you're making up,
Make it good....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB ADEf GdGb AhAhAbAeh ABCBXADEf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 100 10001 111001 11101 11110 10111001 00100 011101 1010001 011101 0010001 11101 01010110 11101 010001000101 11101 1011001011 11101 110101 0111110100010 11101 100 10001 111001 11101 11110 10111001 001001000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word when 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 When You'Re Making Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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