Poem Analysis of To Seem Detached From Stress by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem To Seem Detached From Stress that begins with:

I admit to feeling honored.
And also repeatedly blessed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

Rhyme scheme: ABCDDdD edXXdb ABCDDdD bedbdXb XXadaab
Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,7,7,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10101010 11001001 011111 110 011010101 10101100 010101 11111101 1111010001 111111101100 1101011 01101011100 1111010001 10101010 11001001 011111 110 011010101 10101100 010101 11111100 01101 111 0110101 010100 101100 10100111 010100011000 110111 1010101 00100 1101 0101001 1001010110101
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
Average number of words per stanza: 34
Amount of lines: 34
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, to are 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 To Seem Detached From Stress;
central theme;
idea of the verse;
history of its creation;
critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.

To Seem Detached From Stress by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar