Why Do You Do This To Me by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Why Do You Do This To Me that begins with:

Why do you,
Want......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbC BAdC AbC BAdC BCECBCFC AbCBAdC AbCaadC BCECBCFC BCECBCFC ACccACDCXDCdCBCFC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,8,7,7,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1 011 11111 01 0 01 111 1 011 11111 01 0 01 11011 111001 0101 111001 011011 11001 0101 111001 111 1 011 11111 01 0 01 111 1 011 1111 1 0 01 11011 111001 0101 111001 011011 11001 0101 111001 11011 111001 0101 111001 011011 11001 0101 111001 111 1001 11 11001 111 1001 01 01001 01 01001 11 111001 011011 11001 0101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (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; to, you, me are repeated.

    The author used the same words why, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Why Do You Do This To Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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