Whenever You Are Around by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Whenever You Are Around that begins with:

Who do you think you lie to?
When a lieing you do is too much....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcDE FGGHIJ ikhk ABcDE kXcXFGGHIJk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 10111011 1 10100111 101011011 111011 10100100 010011111 01101001001 1111010 11110011100 11111010 00111010 10111100101 1111001010 1111110 10111011 1 10100111 101011011 1010011101 1110010 0101101 111011 10100100 010011111 01101001001 1111010 11110011100 00101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, to, that are repeated.

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

  • summary of Whenever You Are Around;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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