Poem Analysis of Do What You Preach by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Do What You Preach that begins with:

Either do it,
OR you leave it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: AAAAAB cAAAAAB DXDb AAAAAB cAAAAAB ECEF ECEF cAAAAAB ECEF ECEFXECEF
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,4,6,7,4,4,7,4,9,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1010 1110 1010 1110 1010 111001 10 10 1110 1010 1110 1010 111001 111 111110 111 01001 1010 1110 1010 1110 1010 111001 10 10 1110 1010 1110 1010 111001 11111 1010010 11111 11111 11111 1010010 11111 11111 10 10 1110 1010 1110 1010 111001 11111 1010010 11111 11111 11111 1010010 11111 11111 11111 1010010 11111 11111
Amount of stanzas: 11
Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
Average number of words per stanza: 20
Amount of lines: 57
Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
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; it is repeated.
The author used the same words either, get 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words alone, preach at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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Do What You Preach by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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