My heart resides in your soft hand.
Please, handle it with love and care.
Wrap its veins in fantasyland.
My heart resides in your soft hand.
Don't put my heart in a wasteland;
Keep it, its yours, let others stare...
My heart, resides in your soft hand,
Please, handle it with love and care.

ANALYSIS OF THE POEM.




PLOT OF THE POEM: The poem begins with "my heart, resides in your heart" where the heart is used as a symbol to represent love and care.

The poem generally involves an individual telling his beloved that she is the centre of his universe, that she should not wreck that universe but hold and tender to it with rapt care, joy and attention.


STRUCTURE OF THE POEM: The poem is a Triolet poem. The form consist of only 8 lines, where the 1st, 2nd 4th, 7th and 8th lines are repeated in the poem.

The poem also has a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB. This particular Triolet poem consist of 8 syllables in each line, written in iambic tetrameter.



POETIC DEVICE(S)



Repetition: This device is used in lines 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8 in the poem.

Anaphora: This device is used in lines 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8. "My heart" and "Please".

Epiphora: This device is used in lines 1, 4 and 7 and lines 2 and 8. "Hand" and "Care".

End-Stopped Line: This is used throughout the poem as every end line ends with a punctuation mark.

Hyperbole: This is used in line 1 of the poem. "My heart resides in your soft hand".

Symbolism: The word "Heart," is used as a symbol, to represent, love, joy, hope and happiness.

Ellipsis: Used at the end of line 6 of the poem "..."

Metaphor: This device is used in line 3 of the poem "warp its veins in fantasyland".


THEME:

Love.
Hope.

I love this poem! Good job. Very nice.

texanomaly:
I love this poem! Good job. Very nice.

Thanks a lot Tex.

God! Joseph, you still write.

llaykorn:
God! Joseph, you still write.

Fortunately, I still do. What else is there to do aside flirting?...

good piece, amazing analysis. you're good sir.

joseph1832:
Fortunately, I still do. What else is there to do aside flirting?...

It's killing me. It's very ironical - I remember telling someone that a schedule can't take the pen from one if they love poetry well enough. Lol

llaykorn:
It's killing me. It's very ironical - I remember telling someone that a schedule can't take the pen from one if they love poetry well enough. Lol

LOL. And right you are my good man. But please don't kill yourself eh, we would miss you too much.

Beside, where tha heck have you been?

uncjay:
good piece, amazing analysis. you're good sir.

Thanks.

llaykorn:
God! Joseph, you still write.

Where have you been?