Poem Analysis of Do This! by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Do This! that begins with:

Forget about each yesterday.
And what was wished, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCD efef BBDG ABCD BBDG HXHh
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 01011101 1111 01110 001001011 01010111111 1111101010 110001 111101000101 1101 101 01010001 011111011001 01011101 1111 01110 001001011 1101 101 01010001 011111011001 10 010101111111 10 101101010001001
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
Average number of words per stanza: 22
Amount of lines: 24
Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word forget at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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