Poem Analysis of Morning by Frank O'Hara for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Morning that begins with:

I've got to tell you
how I love you always...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abcX cXdX aXa eefg bXXh XciX bXji ajjd ehgh bcXi dbib fXca
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11011 111111 110011 1001 01101 010101 110101 10011 11111 111010 101001 11101 01011 111110 1001 11111 111001 01010 1111 111101 11101 100101 101010 01010 10111 1001101 01010100 111101 10111 1101 100100 010001 010110 010101 111101 1101 0100101 10110 111010 10101 011100 1001110 111100 111010 1000100 11001 111111
Amount of stanzas: 12
Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
Average number of words per stanza: 18
Amount of lines: 47
Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word at is repeated.

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Morning by Frank O'Hara: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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