Poem Analysis of Breathtaking by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

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

Why do I applaud them,
With enthusiasm in my standing ovation? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: abcbcbXd bcXc cdXeadf cdde cbfXXXXcd bgggdXfdf
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,7,4,9,9,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111010 0010100110010 01111 101010 1101010 0101001010 01 1010 010 111 101001000 10111011 111101010 00101010 111010011 10110111 11110110 1011101 111011101 11010011 010101001010 1101001010 01100 111 1010 010010 11111001 11111101 01010100100 10101000100101111 101111001 11101000101101 101 0110 11110110 1010 11101010 1111011 11111 11100 11011
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
Average number of words per stanza: 35
Amount of lines: 41
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; i, of 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.

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Breathtaking by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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