Over And Out Of Your Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Over And Out Of Your Life that begins with:

Don't bring your baggage to my doorstep,
To unpack it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcd eXcfXXXd fbbgg ABeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 0010 11001001 011101001100 11011011111 110101100 111111 10100001111 10101011110 0111001101 00111 1010111 111101001 100111101 110100101001 000111101101 11010111101 111100111 0010 100 01011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word don't 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 Over And Out Of Your Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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