Poem Analysis of Back At It In May by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Back At It In May that begins with:

Back at it.
And it done to do nonstop....

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDB eXffgeaHi ABCDB geaHiXiAi
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,5,9,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 110 1010111 01001 101010 010011 10100001 0101011 10010101001 110010110 10 10101 100 10101 01 110 1010111 01001 101010 010011 10 10101 100 10101 01 11001 110 1101
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
Average number of words per stanza: 20
Amount of lines: 27
Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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Back At It In May by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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