Something Inside Of Me by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Something Inside Of Me that begins with:

I want to feel,
I am on a mission to forgive......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabab cXbcXXbbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 111010001 11110 11010 0101010 001100 111001 111111 0010110111 11101010 01000 1100101 0100110100 111110 10111101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i 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 Something Inside Of Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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