Inside Your Head by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Inside Your Head that begins with:

It's so hard to keep and stay,
Inside your head....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCCCCC DcEFEF GXXGcX gCCEEEE AB DbcCCEEEECCXABAa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,7,2,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111 0111 1010011 111 0010111 111 0010111 111 111011 101 1010001 1011 1010001 1011 1111101011 11110010 01101 1111101011 11101010 01111 1 1010011 111 0010101 111 0010101 111 0110111 0111 111011 101011 0 1010011 111 0010101 111 0010101 111 1010011 111 0110111 0111 0110111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • 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; run, runs are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Inside Your Head;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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