This is an analysis of the poem Without Taking A Breath that begins with:
Making attempts,
To communicate to those who do not listen......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX dcadccbb abaefccc XXXX fXX XX f eX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,4,3,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 001010111110 11 000100101001 11011 111101101 11101100100101 01000110101110 01010001000101 1110111 11110 00111010001 1101010 0001001001110 1 1101001100100 0010111101 010110011 001000110111010 01010011111101 1110101101 1 010011111101 11101110101010 110 1110110011001 01111001011 1 01100111111100 100011010 110 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of Without Taking A Breath;
- 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 Performing To Do Well
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- Analysis of Remaining Respectful
