Poem Analysis of I Want To Paint by Adrian Henri for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Want To Paint that begins with:

I
I want to paint...

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Rhyme scheme: a BbccXXde BXXcXcc BfbXgccBb BhB cX BXicabfeg cbBdbch BicXifiXeBXc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,7,9,3,2,9,7,12,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: rima
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1 1101 111101101101 1111111 1111111 111111000 010010010101 01010010010010100110 101010010011010010010 1101 1111010110 1001001 1111101 101011100100 010111101010101110 10101011001011110110 1101 0010100001010100 0101001001000101 0100100110010 101010100010001100101 01010110110100011 110101010010 1101 01010010101100101 1101 111010101101 1101 10 1 1101 010100101001001 110110111 010101011110011 01101010011001 101010001010 010010011100010 0111001011010 10101000100100101010110 11101011101 011111010100 1101 10011110100010 110110111011 01010100001010 011010110110101 1101 101101111 101101110011010 1011010101100 1011010101010 10111010 1011110 1011011011011010 101111011110 1101 10
Amount of stanzas: 10
Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
Average number of words per stanza: 42
Amount of lines: 57
Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, i, pictures, that, can, be, used are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, thoughts, the, pictures 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.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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