Your Words To Me Exactly by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Your Words To Me Exactly that begins with:

Am I new on 'this' scene?
No......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCD efgXdgXdedgf AbCD XXgeaXecaX fX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,4,10,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1 111 0011110101 0100111 11010100 111010 101100111 11110 010101010 1110011010010 01011101 110111 111101101 01110101110100 1101101010 111111 1 111 0011110101 110 1010111 0010100011 110110010 11111 1111001000 101101100010 0010 111011011010 0010001110 1110010100 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; i, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Your Words To Me Exactly;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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