This is an analysis of the poem Your Approach that begins with:
It's not that I mind,
You continuing doing those things......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX cdcX adab bbXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01111 101001011 110101101 111110111 0111011111 001000 110011 10101011 1111011111 010001 10100111 111011 111011 011011110111 11111111 1110011 01010101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word it's 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 you is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase are connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Your Approach;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of One With A Twisted Tongue
- Analysis of With Acceptance As If Selected
- Analysis of A Gratuity Paid
