My Leaving To Exit Is Swift by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem My Leaving To Exit Is Swift that begins with:

I had been anxious to please.
With a need to do this, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbb acd dcaXeXXbeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 001010 1111 11111 10101 1101001000 110110 0101110 00101010 111100100 110001 1001001101 1110101 00101 11010011 1011010 0110111 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for 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 My Leaving To Exit Is Swift;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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