Acceptance Heals by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Acceptance Heals that begins with:

Acceptance heals!
A willingness to just let go......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDAEA bfghXeXf abhcc ABCDAEA aeeXAdcge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,5,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 01000111 00010010011 01101000101 110011 0101 01001010 110101 00100010 011111 100010000100010 10010001 01100101 1101 0001001 1111 11001 001010010 11001 101 0101 01000111 00010010011 01101000101 110011 0101 01001010 111001010 10101 01101 0101 111 0101 01011101 0000100101001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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:

    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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines measures is repeated).

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

  • summary of Acceptance Heals;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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