Stop Telling Yourself You Are Afraid by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stop Telling Yourself You Are Afraid that begins with:

Be bold!
Stop telling yourself you are afraid....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA bcbdcXAAEC bXXffbccb AAECaXada AAbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,10,9,9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 110101101 1101011110 01010111101 101010100100 1101 0101011 1001011110 01 110101101 0111 10011011 1111110001 01001010 101111110 10101 101101010101 1011110 001101 1011010101 01011011 01 110101101 0111 10011011 0101 0101001010 00110010001 10111011 1101110 01 110101101 11110101 011101 01101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word be 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 Stop Telling Yourself You Are Afraid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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