That Which Possesses My Life by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem That Which Possesses My Life that begins with:

It has been 24 years now,
That I decided to leave behind......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaab XXcXX Xbdadbc adXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 110100101 10001011010 111 000100111 110001 101 1010010 1111 001011 11111011 10110101101 00100101001 11111010 111 111101 101000100011010 1 1101011 011101011000 11111000100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 That Which Possesses My Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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