You Make Me Glow by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Make Me Glow that begins with:

You make me glow.
You make my heart stop, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc Dbe AcdXa AcDe Abe AXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11111 010 11011011 111011 001 1111 11010110 1111101 110 0010101 1111 11111010 11011011 111011001 1111 111111 1001 1111 111 11 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, you've are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of You Make Me Glow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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