Poem Analysis of Crossed Borders by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Crossed Borders that begins with:

Honey squeezed
From a life sweetened....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: aabca dadedc Xdf ccg XfcfhcdX fifXaf iXfcbdebcgaj accc aXXfbaXX aifhdXfafdcdjc
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,3,8,6,12,4,8,14,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101 00110 101000101001 11010100 1110011 1110001 10110 00101111001 11101 0101001 110101 11101 110101011 11001010101 110101000 01001100 1101 11001000 1101011 01101 1010 1111010100 1101110 01011101 11110 10100 001000100 0101011010 1110101 110111001 0111 1011010 110101 1010001 111111 01 11001 0100110010 1001 0101101 111110 1001 1101010 111101 001101 110100 11101110 1 1010111 00101111010 1010101 11101101 110010101 1101010000 0011110 110111 1110100 00101 1110010 1011011 1111 100100101 1 100101 10111 001011110 1101010 001111010010010 010
Amount of stanzas: 10
Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 69
Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, for are repeated.

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summary of Crossed Borders;
central theme;
idea of the verse;
history of its creation;
critical appreciation.

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Crossed Borders by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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