Running To Escape To Get Away by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Running To Escape To Get Away that begins with:

Running to escape to get away?
Who is it and what, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC aXc dBEdEF GHGI BEdEFGHGIGHGIXABC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,4,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010101 10011 1010 111110101 11111 001010 1 011100001 1111 1 011011011 0010 111 01101 111 010110 011100001 1111 1 011011011 0010 111 01101 111 010110 111 01101 111 010110 100010101 10011 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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 is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Running To Escape To Get Away;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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