The Mind Will Find Whatever It Wants by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Mind Will Find Whatever It Wants that begins with:

The mind will find whatever it wants,
To belabor....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDA eXfggef ABCDA AXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111001 0010 0101001 0111001 1111001 0101 10101 0100100110 1101110101 010110101 110111 011011010 010111001 0010 0101001 0111001 1111001 010111001 10010010001 0110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 The Mind Will Find Whatever It Wants;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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