This is an analysis of the poem Let Them Be that begins with:
Those who DON'T care about themselves,
Just let-them-be....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAA bXAA BcXcAA XAA XdAA BXdBAAbBAaXcaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,3,4,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 1100 100 1 11101011100 1100 100 011010100 100111011010 10111000111 1 100 1100 111101011101 1100 100 111010111000 1 100 100 011010100 1011100 10110 01010111100 1100 100 1 01010111100 1100 100 11 0101000101 11010 100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; let, them, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.
The author used the same word those 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 be is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Let Them Be;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Suing
- Analysis of Forgettable But Mentioned
- Analysis of So Difficult It Becomes Not To Diminsh Life
