This is an analysis of the poem Bare that begins with:
It's not for the want of 'things',
I wish....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab Xabc dcdX eb abXX XXebbX cXdaaX FF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,4,6,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101 11 00101 111011 0111110100 01000101 10101 0110011 1001010101 0101110 111101 000100011101 10010110 0101100 101111 1011 11101 10110001 1 1 01001 11101001 111101 11111 11111 11011 11111 1 0111 00111 11110 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; have is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thinking is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Bare;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of Free From A Deluded Need
- Analysis of Show Me Your Beliefs
