Free Yourself...And Breathe by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Free Yourself...And Breathe that begins with:

Think from that place.
Be in that space....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC adbXC dDE EC AABC dDEECEEC EC DABC DABC dD EC dD EC EC ECXEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,2,4,8,2,4,4,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 0011 101 11 1111 11101 10110 101 11 0101 0111 0110 110 11 1011 0011 101 11 0101 0111 0110 010 11 010 110 11 110 11 0111 0011 101 11 0111 0011 101 11 0101 0111 110 11 0101 0111 110 11 110 11 110 11 110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3

  • 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; your, yourself are repeated.

    The author used the same words it's, free at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word breathe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Free Yourself...And Breathe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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