I Am Not Here To Revisit Your Limits by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Am Not Here To Revisit Your Limits that begins with:

I want it known...
I didn't appear here, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbbcDCEE XXafXXa DCEEAXfeXAd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 110011 001001 110111 10111 001111 11010010110 10111001 0110011 1010010 110101010 11110101010100 11010110010010 111001010101 01 011 100110111010 11010010110 10111001 0110011 1010010 11 010110 1111011 10110111 11 11110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; i, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Am Not Here To Revisit Your Limits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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