Poem Analysis of Easily Bored by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Easily Bored that begins with:

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'Do As We Please'....

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Rhyme scheme: aX XbX b XXX acXbX aX bdaXX XaXeX bc X bb aX beXb dX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,1,3,5,2,5,5,2,1,2,2,4,2,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11 11110 10 0100101 111010 11 1101 11110011 111 11 100110 1010110 011110 1111101010 1111001 1111011011 11 11 11111 11110 11001101 10 1111 1111 110101111 0111011001 01101 1110101 111 1 100 11 1010 111111011 101 10100111101100 11101100 11 111111110010
Amount of stanzas: 14
Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
Average number of words per stanza: 13
Amount of lines: 39
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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Easily Bored by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

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