Poem Analysis of ~68~ by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem ~68~ that begins with:

Here it is, March!
Almost near the middle of the year, ...

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Rhyme scheme: XXXaabcdefg X dXXbfh heicd XaXXddhc achghXX d XhXaX Xadiicei XXfehedh
Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,1,6,5,8,7,1,5,8,8,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1001 111010001 01 1001 10111111 1010010100 1101010 11100100011000 11010001 10100011010 110110100001 111 11001101 011011 100010101 11101111000 110011010 11010111100101 11010001 101110001111 1001010000101 11011001111 10010010100 1111111 10011011110 1111 0101111011 101011010 11010101000101 1110101001010101 10110000111101 111100111010 101 01001011101 11111 0111011101 01111110 100100011 1101011 1 11100111 10110000 10011001101 11011101 1111 111 11111010 11001101 001001010 10101 01 1011000010 101 100110 110111101 11110101110 11101 101101010 01010001111
Amount of stanzas: 11
Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 59
Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, i, with, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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~68~ by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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