Poem Analysis of Deeds I Seed And Sow by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Deeds I Seed And Sow that begins with:

We all have made our decisions.
And began taking paces, ...

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Rhyme scheme: AABA CABD aebfff fbbghgdbe hebeXega FIX IX IX FF IX AABA CABD FF IX IX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,9,8,3,2,2,2,2,4,4,2,2,2,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11111010 1011010 0111 10101 011101 0011010 110001 101110 101010101 11001010 1001110 1100111 011110010 1110101 101101 001110100 1011001011 1001 01011010010 1 001001001 1101010 01010101001 110010 11110010 100111001 01010010010 10010 011101010 1101 101 011110010 11111 011100 11111 011100 11111 011100 011110010 110101010 11111 011100 11111010 1011010 0111 10101 011101 0011010 110001 101110 011110010 110101010 11111 011100 11111 011100
Amount of stanzas: 15
Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
Average number of words per stanza: 18
Amount of lines: 56
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 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; your is repeated.
The author used the same word 'deeds at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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