Freed Of All Costumes Worn by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Freed Of All Costumes Worn that begins with:

How out in the open,
Can an out in the open get? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXXd edc bX ABeXa dXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,2,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 11100101 110101 1001011 1 01010 11010101 1100010010010 011 11101001 110101101101 110010 11100101 010100101 1010000100 10101011 111110 1001 110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; in is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Freed Of All Costumes Worn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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