Pieces Now Connecting by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Pieces Now Connecting that begins with:

So happy am I now to live,
To have a mind free....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDEBF GGHGGBB gdXGiGhdgi GGHGGBB aBCDEBF XBfjdBXabcjdB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,10,7,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 01011 10101010 01101 010 1001101 111 1110110101 1001 10101010 100010 1110101 11 1100 11110100010 110011001 110111110101 11001010 11111101 11001010 00100101 010001 1 0101 1110110101 1001 10101010 100010 1110101 1100 11 111011101 01011 10101010 01101 010 1001101 111 11 1001101 1111 001 011101 00 111011101 1111 0101010 0111 100010111 00
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Pieces Now Connecting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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