Poem Analysis of Don'T Take It Personally by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Take It Personally that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABCDEEfe GXbebhbghbiXfg ABCDEEG jffefkhff hgXfXf cfhiXhXABCjkbee
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,7,9,6,15,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 101 111101 1101000 1011011010 1100101 11010111 11111 01101 01010100 101101 1110110100 10101 1010101000 010111 0001011 10100111 1100010 10111 001001 10100100101 0100111001 111111010 101 111101 1101000 1011011010 1100101 11010111 01010100 110 00010 1101010 010101101 0101100010 01001011 0111001 1110011101 1011101 11100101 010011 0111101100 11001101 11 101110101 11101010100 11101001001 111 0010001000 1111011 101010101 101 111101 1101000 1101010100 110101 101010 1011101111 11010010001
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
Average number of words per stanza: 44
Amount of lines: 58
Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, or are repeated.

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