I Needed To Be Naked by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Needed To Be Naked that begins with:

When I began to realize,
My insecurities victimized......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXc BbBXXdXd BbBae dXaceddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110100100 10110101 1010111 111100 110 1100010 10101 110101 10100110100010 1101101010 111010111010 101010011 1101011010 1100010 1 110101 01101010011 100 11001010101 11001 10101010 11001 11111010 0110110010 01010100110 101001001 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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, with are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of I Needed To Be Naked;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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