You'Ve Got The Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Got The Life that begins with:

You've got the life.
And love, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDDDdDeF dED ABCDDDdDeF fddbgXhiXih dEDAbCXgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,3,10,11,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11 01 11011 011 100111 0 101 010 1001001010 1 1101 111001 1101 11 01 11011 011 100111 0 101 010 1001001010 1010101 01 001010101 01 110101111 0010101010 0011 101 11010101001 011 1000101011 1 1101 111001 1101 01 01 011 111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (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; you, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of You'Ve Got The Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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