You Had Me Tasting Hate! by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Had Me Tasting Hate! that begins with:

Why now you all up in my 'grill'?
You've dropped my heart, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXXa abXXa A ac aXdaad bdcXe ddd XXXXAbeca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,1,2,6,5,3,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 1111 11 1111 1111111 1110 101111 11 1011110 110111 1010011 111101 11101 1111101 0111101 11110 01111110 0111 10101011 011101 11111 11101 11 11 1011110 1111110101 10100 101111 11111011 111011 010 111101 111111 11010 1101110101 0100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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  • summary of You Had Me Tasting Hate!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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