Either You Have It Or You Don'T by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Either You Have It Or You Don'T that begins with:

When I discovered my peace of mind,
Every doubt I had took a hike....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdeac aXaeXf adaac ddfdXebcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 100111101 1101101110010 001000110110 101001100111110 1110011010 0100011000010001 101010 01101 100101011 1110 110100101111 0010011101001 010101010 1001101 111100110 111000001 010101011000101 1010001010001001 10110 111 101001 101 1111111 011010110 0010 10100 01000111001100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; of, i, it, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Either You Have It Or You Don'T;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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