You'Ve Hit Me With Your Karma by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Hit Me With Your Karma that begins with:

I can't get myself away!
Whatever I do or say......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC ABC bAABC ABC aXXX Xdd AABC ABC BeBXBeBX AABC ABC XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,3,4,3,4,3,8,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1101111 01 1110110 1111101 01 11101110 1 1111101 1101111 01 1110110 1111101 01 11101110 111101 111111 11 111111 110100 11111111 010101111 1111101 1101111 01 1110110 1111101 01 11101110 11 10101 11 1111001 11 100111 11 11010001 1111101 1101111 01 1110110 1111101 01 11101110 11 01001110 11 11110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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.

    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; oh is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of You'Ve Hit Me With Your Karma;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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