Your Conviction With Such Commitment by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Your Conviction With Such Commitment that begins with:

Did you think I was a figment,
Of your imagination? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcac d eXfgheX eafX gchii bab XiXXg dbaXbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,7,4,5,3,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111010 0101010 10010 111111 10101 1011101 101 1 0011011 1110101 1010100 1101010000 0101001100100 110100100100 1111011001 0110 1 0010 111000111 010001001 01100100 0100001110 1100110 11110101 1101001101 11010 10 10010 0101001010101 0101010100110 01110110101 110011 010100001 101010101001010 011100 1001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, of, to, it are repeated.

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

  • summary of Your Conviction With Such Commitment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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