This is an analysis of the poem Using My Own that begins with:
You can only occupy the space you've been given.
Use it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcd dX bc XXX ca XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,3,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101011010 10 100111 1010111 0 10101110 11 1111011 11001010011 1 11 1 111111 01011 111111010 11111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; you is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Using My Own;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Those Who Suspect Reflect
- Analysis of A Commitment To Uselessness
- Analysis of You Do The 'Mongrel' Thing
