Poem Analysis of Don'T Embarrass Yourself With Those Assumptions by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Embarrass Yourself With Those Assumptions that begins with:

You've had your way!
Now why do I find you in mine? ...

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDC ABXee cefee ABCDC ggfgXeee
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,8,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 1111 11111101 110010011100 1111 001011101 1111 11111101 1110101111 0101011010 1010011 0101101 0101101000 111110100 000110 110110101 1111 11111101 110010011100 1111 001011101 1101001101 01001111 11111000111 11101110001 111010010 01010 1 10101001010
Amount of stanzas: 5
Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
Average number of words per stanza: 34
Amount of lines: 28
Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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