Poem Analysis of 'Cause You Ought To by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem 'Cause You Ought To that begins with:

Give up other habits and let me be the one you keep.
'Cause you ought to! ...

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Rhyme scheme: ABCB DEFEFEG DEFEG ABCB HBHB ABHBHB ABHBHB ABCB DEFEFEXg
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,5,4,4,6,6,4,8,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11101011100111 0110 1101111011100 0110 111111 111 1011011 001 0101101 1111 0101111110 111111 111 1011011 001 0101111110 11101011100111 0110 1101111011100 0110 11001 0110 11001 0110 110111001111 0110 11001 0110 11001 0110 110111001111 0110 11001 0110 11001 0110 11101011100111 0110 1101111011100 0110 111111 111 1011011 001 0101101 1111 0 10111111110
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
Average number of words per stanza: 29
Amount of lines: 48
Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The author used the same words pick, let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words better, to at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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'Cause You Ought To by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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