Poem Analysis of Choose To Keep It Positive by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Choose To Keep It Positive that begins with:

Choose to keep it open.
Your mind....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDABEE FGFBFGhb ABCDABEE CBCDCBbh FBFGGH FBFGGHXABCDABCDABCDABCDDb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,6,25,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101010 11 1010100 1001 101010 11 100100 100100 1010100 111 1010100 101010 11010100 111 11101 0100010 101010 11 1010100 1001 101010 11 100100 100100 1010100 11 1010100 1001 1010100 11 1101 01000100 1010100 101010 11010100 111 111 11010101 1010100 101010 11010100 111 111 11010101 101010 11 11010100 1001 101010 11 11010100 1001 101010 11 11010100 1001 101010 11 11010100 1001 1001 11
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
Average number of words per stanza: 37
Amount of lines: 62
Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
The author used the same words choose, people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines time is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word folks at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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