Poem Analysis of Back Off...Demon! by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Back Off...Demon! that begins with:

Back off...demon!
Each invitation you send, ...

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Rhyme scheme: XabcdeXaeffgeg Xfhie XdXjhdkX jhaekhh XfkbhXX ff kaX iXfc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,5,8,7,7,2,3,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1100 1101011 11010110 110 110101 11110011000 01001010100 01101111010 101001 110101011 011101101 111011101 010100010 1111001101 1100 11011101 11101 010111 0101011001001 10 1111 1 11100111100 111010011 0101001 1110111 1011010110 1 101011011 11011011010 110110010 10001001100 11101 01111010001 1 10 1010101 011010 11 01010 1111101010011 1101 111100011 1111010 0100 11101010011000 11 10 01110100110 0110
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 50
Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word back at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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